Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant: The Archaology and History of the Latin East

Crusader landscapes in the Medieval Levant : the archaeology and history of the Latin East Authors:Micaela Sinibaldi (Editor, Contributor), Kevin J. Lewis (Editor, Contributor), Bala zs Major (Editor, Contributor), Jennifer A. Thompson (Editor, Contributor), Denys PringleSummary:A set of academic papers collected to honor the work of Professor Denys Pringle of Cardiff Universityxxxvi, 496 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cmContents: Landscape and History of Settlement. Jerusalem’s two Montes Gaudii Benjamin Z. Kedar The streets of Frankish Acre Adrian J. Boas The Mount Tabor territory under Frankish control Rabei G. Khamisy Safed Castle and its territory: Frankish settlement and colonisation in Eastern Upper Galilee during the crusader period Herve Barbe Settlement in the Petra region during the crusader period: a summary of the historical and archaeological evidence Micaela Sinibaldi Shifting borders in the Latin East: the case of the County of Tripoli Kevin James Lewis Where was the town of Valenia located in the thirteenth century? Bala zs Major The developments of Rhodes Town after 1306 Anthony Luttrell Warfare and Fortifications. Egypt, the Jazira and Jerusalem : Middle-Eastern tensions and the Latin states in the twelfth century John France Espionage and counter-espionage : an episode in the reign of Baldwin I of Jerusalem Susan B. Edgington Three sieges of Nikaia in Bithynia (A.D. 727, 1097 and 1331): an archaeological perspective Frank R. Trombley Medieval towers in Syria and Palestine Andrew Petersen The use of posterns in the Frankish fortifications of the Middle East Jean Mesqui An Ayyubid square-planned tower at the citadel of Damascus: Tower 8 Cristina Tonghini Commonality in crusader castle construction in Armenian Cilicia and Cyprus: the case for Kantara and the catalyst of Korykos James Petre Economy, Arts and Society. Frankish Beirut: a minor economic centre David Jacoby Commercial relations between Lusignan Cyprus and the Kingdom of Naples in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries Nicholas Coureas What does it take and exactly how much? Building a church in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the twelfth century Vardit Shotten-Hallel and Robert Kool From preceptory to parish church: the Church of the Knights Hospitallers at Torphichen Richard Fawcett The Berlin Virgin and Child enthroned with angels and the art of chrysogrpahy Jaroslav Folda A study of the deoratde slab tombstones of the crusader cemetery at ‘Atli t, Israel Jennifer A. Thompson Paleopathology of the Crusades Piers D. Mitchell Ab hac hora in antea: oaths to the Roman Church in Frankish Cyprus (and Greece) Chris Schabel Narrative and Documentary Sources. A neglected source for the history of the hospital : Master Josbert’s letter to the Consuls and Commune of Savona (1171-7_ Elena Bellomo ‘La Damoisele del chastel’: women’s role in the defence and functioning of castles in medieval writing from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries Helen J. Nicholson Making sense of the Annales de Terre Sainte: thirteenth-century vernacular narratives from the Latin East An Anglican account of the Holy Land in 1697: Henry Maundrell’s journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem Bernard Hamilton