Adrian J. Boas

Crusader Archaeology (eBook, PDF)

The Material Culture of the Latin East

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317479666
• Artikelnr.: 46883254

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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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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