ABSTRACT
The Crusader World is a multidisciplinary survey of the current state of research in the field of crusader studies, an area of study which has become increasingly popular in recent years. In this volume Adrian Boas draws together an impressive range of academics, including work from renowned scholars as well as a number of though-provoking pieces from emerging researchers, in order to provide broad coverage of the major aspects of the period. This authoritative work will play an important role in the future direction of crusading studies.
This volume enriches present knowledge of the crusades, addressing such wide-ranging subjects as: intelligence and espionage, gender issues, religious celebrations in crusader Jerusalem, political struggles in crusader Antioch, the archaeological study of battle sites and fortifications, diseases suffered by the crusaders, crusading in northern Europe and Spain and the impact of Crusader art. The relationship between Crusaders and Muslims, two distinct and in many way opposing cultures, is also examined in depth, including a discussion of how the Franks perceived their enemies.
Arranged into eight thematic sections, The Crusader World considers many central issues as well as a large number of less familiar topics of the crusades, crusader society, history and culture. With over 100 photographs, line drawings and maps, this impressive collection of essays is a key resource for students and scholars alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|104 pages
Ideology, Crusade, Warfare and Peace-Making
chapter Chapter Five|14 pages
Paid troops in the Service Of Military Orders During the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 1
chapter Chapter Six|11 pages
Peacemaking in an age of War: When Were Cross-Religious Alliances in the Latin East Considered Treason?
part II|70 pages
The Crusader West
part III|78 pages
The Latin East
chapter Chapter Eleven|15 pages
The Venetian Presence in the Crusader Lordship of Tyre: A Tale of Decline
chapter Chapter Fifteen|16 pages
The Franciscan Return To The Holy Land (1333) And Mt Sion: Pilgrimage And The Apostolic Mission
part IV|52 pages
Medieval Byzantium
chapter Chapter Sixteen|19 pages
Byzantine Crusaders: Holy War and Crusade Rhetoric In Byzantine Contacts With the West (1095–1341) 1
chapter Chapter Seventeen|11 pages
Memory And Ideology: The Image Of The Crusades In Byzantine Historiography, Eleventh−Thirteenth Centuries
part V|126 pages
Meeting Islam
chapter Chapter Nineteen|13 pages
An Illusion Of Ignorance? The Muslims Of The Middle East And The Franks Before The Crusades
chapter Chapter Twenty|22 pages
The Early Mamlūks and the End of the Crusader Presence in Syria (1250–1291) 1
chapter Chapter Twenty-One|16 pages
The Muslim Political World As Mirrored In The First Crusade Chronicles
chapter Chapter Twenty-Three|13 pages
Historical Motifs In The Writing Of Muslim Authors Of The Crusading Era *
chapter Chapter Twenty-Four|28 pages
Latin Cyprus and Its Relations With the Mamluk Sultanate, 1250–1517
chapter Chapter Twenty-Five|16 pages
Christian Mercenaries In Muslim Lands: Their Status In Medieval Islamic And Canon Law
part VI|172 pages
Archaeology of the Crusades
chapter Chapter Twenty-Seven|30 pages
Crusader Battlefields: Environmental and Archaeological Perspectives
chapter Chapter Twenty-Eight|29 pages
The Hospitaller Castle Of Belvoir: Setting the Scene for a Discussion of the Topography, Geology and Architecture
chapter Chapter Twenty-Nine|25 pages
Maritime Commerce in the Latin East as Reflected in the Import Of Ceramics
chapter Chapter Thirty-One|25 pages
Conquest and Europeanisation: the Archaeology Of the Crusades in Livonia, Prussia and Lithuania
chapter Chapter Thirty-Two|14 pages
Intestinal Parasites in the Crusades: Evidence for Disease, Diet and Migration
part VII|54 pages
Art and Literature
chapter Chapter Thirty-Three|15 pages
Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Crusader Jerusalem: The Eastern, Western, and Armenian Sources of a Local Visual Culture
part VIII|37 pages
Studying the Crusades