This new edition of Crusader Archaeology updates, with recent excavation results and research, the only detailed study of the material culture of the Crusades in Israel, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan. It examines what life was like for the Crusaders in their territory and how they were influenced by their new-found neighbours. Chapters discuss: urban and rural settlements, surveying agriculture, industry, the military, the church, public and private architecture, arts and crafts, leisure pursuits, death and burial and building techniques. This well-illustrated volume is a crucial survey for all…mehr
This new edition of Crusader Archaeology updates, with recent excavation results and research, the only detailed study of the material culture of the Crusades in Israel, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan. It examines what life was like for the Crusaders in their territory and how they were influenced by their new-found neighbours. Chapters discuss: urban and rural settlements, surveying agriculture, industry, the military, the church, public and private architecture, arts and crafts, leisure pursuits, death and burial and building techniques. This well-illustrated volume is a crucial survey for all those interested in the Middle Ages, and in particular the Crusades.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Adrian J. Boas is Professor of Medieval Archaeology in the Departments of Archaeology and Israel Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (SSCLE). His research focuses on the archaeology of the Crusader period and his publications include The Crusader World (2016), Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades (2001) and Archaeology of the Military Orders (2006).
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List of illustrations Preface and acknowledgements A note on the use of place-names Abbreviations Chronology 1 Background: the Crusades and Outremer Geography and climate The native population The Frankish settlers The Italians Frankish administration and institutions The Church The military orders 2 The city and urban life Major cities Coastal towns Inland towns 3 The rural landscape Land ownership and the rural population in the kingdom of Jerusalem Taxes and tithes Monopolies The structure of the native casalia and the status of the local peasants The Frankish villani and the planned villages Illustrations Manor houses and farmhouses Agriculture and rural industry 4 The defence of the Latin East Typology of the Crusader castle How the Franks built their castles Siege warfare 5 Frankish ecclesiastical architecture Introduction Typology 6 Frankish domestic architecture Introduction Typology 7 Crafts and minor arts Ceramics Glass Metalwork Stone vessels and objects Inscriptions and heraldry Wood Games Arms and armour Greek fire Textiles Leather working Ivory carvings Objects of bone and mother-of-pearl Crusader coins Crusader seals 8 The fine arts Figurative sculpture Non-figurative ornamentation Wall painting Mosaics Manuscript illumination Icons 9 Building techniques and materials Mortar and plaster Wood Stone Construction 10 Medicine Illness and injury Hospitals and medical treatment 11 Burials Burial customs Anthropological research Cemeteries Tombs Postscript Bibliography Index
List of illustrations Preface and acknowledgements A note on the use of place-names Abbreviations Chronology 1 Background: the Crusades and Outremer Geography and climate The native population The Frankish settlers The Italians Frankish administration and institutions The Church The military orders 2 The city and urban life Major cities Coastal towns Inland towns 3 The rural landscape Land ownership and the rural population in the kingdom of Jerusalem Taxes and tithes Monopolies The structure of the native casalia and the status of the local peasants The Frankish villani and the planned villages Illustrations Manor houses and farmhouses Agriculture and rural industry 4 The defence of the Latin East Typology of the Crusader castle How the Franks built their castles Siege warfare 5 Frankish ecclesiastical architecture Introduction Typology 6 Frankish domestic architecture Introduction Typology 7 Crafts and minor arts Ceramics Glass Metalwork Stone vessels and objects Inscriptions and heraldry Wood Games Arms and armour Greek fire Textiles Leather working Ivory carvings Objects of bone and mother-of-pearl Crusader coins Crusader seals 8 The fine arts Figurative sculpture Non-figurative ornamentation Wall painting Mosaics Manuscript illumination Icons 9 Building techniques and materials Mortar and plaster Wood Stone Construction 10 Medicine Illness and injury Hospitals and medical treatment 11 Burials Burial customs Anthropological research Cemeteries Tombs Postscript Bibliography Index
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