Unknown Crusader CastlesThe capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade in 1099 signalled the beginning of an armed struggle in Palestine and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean which lasted until the 15th century. It was a war dominated by the building, securing and besieging of castles rather than by pitched battles. Kristian Molin covers the military history of the crusades on a wider geographical scale than previous historians, taking in Armenia, Cyprus and Greece as well as the Holy Land. He also shows the role of castles as administrative, judicial and social centres in times of peace as well as in war. "Unknown Crusader Castles" provides a fresh perspective on the history of the crusades. |
Contents
THE KINGDOM OF CYPRUS 11911374 | 87 |
CILICIAN ARMENIA 11871375 | 135 |
PRANKISH GREECE 12041380 | 189 |
THE NONMILITARY FUNCTIONS OF FORTIFICATIONS | 269 |
Abbreviations | 308 |
Notes | 309 |
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Achaia Acre al-Makrizi Amadi Annales de Terre Antioch Armenian army Atlit attack Baghras Baybars Boase Bohemond built Bustron Byzantine captured Catalans Chastel Blanc Chlemoutsi Christian Chronica maiora Chronicle Chronique Cilician Armenia citadel coastal conqueste conquête Constable Sempad Constantinople constructed Crac des Chevaliers Crusader Castles Cypriot Cyprus defences Deschamps Deux jardins Enlart Eracles example Famagusta fechos et conquistas fortifications fortress fourteenth century Frankish Greece Franks garrison Genoese Gestes Greeks Hethoum Histoire des sultans Historia Damiatina Holy Land Hospitallers Ibelin Ibn al-Furat Itinerarium Karytaina Kingdom of Cyprus kingdom of Jerusalem Kyrenia L'art gothique Leon Leontios Makhairas Limassol Livre Lusignan Mamluk Margat Marino Sanudo Military Orders Mistra Morea Morée franque Muslim Nicosia Oliver of Paderborn Pringle raids ramparts RHCArm RHCOr Riley-Smith rulers Saladin Saphet Sempad Servantikar siege Silifke St Hilarion strongholds strongpoints Templars Terre Sainte Teutonic Knights thirteenth century Tortosa troops Tyre Venetians Villehardouin walls Warfare whilst Willbrand of Oldenburg