Fortification and Settlement in Crusader Palestine

by Pringle,Denys

• ISBN13: 9780860788195
• ISBN10: 0860788199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-28
• Publisher: Variorum

Summary

These studies examine the physical remains of Frankish settlement in Palestine in the 12th and 13th centuries. In recent years the view that Frankish settlement was largely confined to the fortified urban centres and castles, with few westerners venturing into the open countryside, has come to be challenged in the light of new archaeological evidence and re-examination of the sources. The present studies contribute to an understanding of the nature of Frankish settlement by illustrating aspects of the relationship between fortification and settlement: in particular, the role of castles and towers in promoting settlement and providing both security and domestic accommodation; the relationship between castles, towers and other semi-fortified rural structures; the physical planning of the new towns established by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre; the measures undertaken to defend urban settlements; and the contribution that town walls and castles made to the security of the kingdom.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
TOWNS
Town Defences in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem	69	(36)
I.A. Corfis
M. Wolfe
Crusader Jerusalem	105	(28)
King Richard I and the Walls of Ascalon	133
RURAL SETTLEMENT
Crusader Settlement and the Landscape: Some Reflections on Method in the Light of Recent Archaeological Work	1	(140)
B.Z. Kedar
Two Medieval Villages North of Jerusalem: Archaeological Investigations in al-Jib and ar-Ram	141	(6)
Peter Leach Levant
Magna Mahumeria (al-Bira): The Archaeology of a Frankish New Town in Palestine	147
M.H. Burgoyne
D.S. Richards
P.W. Edbury
Burj Bardawil and Frankish Settlement North of Ramallah in the Twelfth Century	30
K. Athamina
R. Heacock
CASTLES
Towers in Crusader Palestine	1	(147)
Templar Castles on the Road to the Jordan	148	(16)
M. Barber
La Feve: A Crusader Castle in the Jezreel Valley	164
B.Z. Kedar
Reconstructing the Castle of Safad	139
A Thirteenth-Century Hall at Montfort Castle in Western Galilee	52
Peter E. Leach
Addenda and corrigenda	1	(1)
Index	1