First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.
In the thirty-five years since B. Z. Kedar published the first of his many studies on the crusades, he has become a leading historian of this field, and of medieval and Middle Eastern history more broadly. His work has been groundbreaking, uncovering new evidence and developing new research tools and methods of analysis with which to study the life of Latins and non-Latins in both the medieval West and the Frankish East. From the Israeli perspective, Kedar's work forms a important part of the historical and cultural heritage of the country.
This volume presents 31 essays written by eminent medievalists in his honour. They reflect his methods and diversity of interest. The collection, outstanding in both quality and range of topics, covers the Latin East and relations between West and East in the time of the crusades. The individual essays deal with the history, archaeology and art of the Holy Land, the crusades and the military orders, Islam, historiography, Mediterranean commerce, medieval ideas and literature, and the Jews.
Given Benjamin Kedar's close involvement with the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East and his years as its President, and his work to establish the journal 'Crusades', it is fitting that this volume should appear as the first in a series of Subsidia to the journal.
Author(s): Iris Shagrir, Ronnie Ellenblum, Jonathan Riley-Smith (eds.)
Series: Crusades - Subsidia, 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2016
Language: English, Italian, French, German
Pages: XXIV+468
Introduction ix
Benjamin Z. Kedar: List of Publications xiii
THE HOLY LAND, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY
'De Plaga que facta est in Hierusalem eo quod Dominicum diem non Custodiebant': History into Fable? / Amnon Linder 3
Gestures of Conciliation: Peacemaking Endeavors in the Latin East / Yvonne Friedman 31
The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem / Iris Shagrir 49
Islamic Preaching in Syria during the Counter-Crusade (Twelfth–Thirteenth Centuries) / Daniella Talmon-Heller 61
Three Stages in the Evolution of Rural Settlement in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Twelfth Century / Adrian J. Boas 77
Frankish Castles, Muslim Castles, and the Medieval Citadel of Jerusalem / Ronnie Ellenblum 93
Dialogo di due intellettuali intorno a Gerusalemme (sec. XIII ex.) / Gabriella Airaldi 111
Mongol Provincial Administration: Syria in 1260 as a Case-study / Reuven Amitai 117
A New Text of the 'Annales de Terre Sainte' / Peter W. Edbury 145
An Icon of the Crucifixion and the Nativity at Sinai: Investigating the Pictorial Language of its Ornamental Vocabulary: Chrysography, Pearl-dot Haloes, and Çintemani / Jaroslav Folda 163
A Deposit of Twelfth-century Medieval Seals at Caesarea: Evidence of the Cathedral Archive of St. Peter / Robert Kool 181
Notes on Some Inscriptions from Crusader Acre / Denys Pringle 191
Acre au regard d’Aigues-Mortes / Jean Richard 211
Sharing Sacred Space: Holy Places in Jerusalem Between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam / Ora Limor 219
Der Prophet und sein Vaterland. Leben und Nachleben von Reinhold Röhricht / Hans Eberhard Mayer 233
MENTALITY, LAW, JEWS AND WORLD HISTORY
Naming Pains: Physicians Facing Sensations / Esther Cohen 245
Did All the Land Belong to the King? / Susan Reynolds 263
Medieval Treasure Troves and Jews / Michael Toch 273
Comparative History and World History: Contrasts and Contacts / Diego Olstein 297
THE CRUSADES, THE MILITARY ORDERS AND COMMERCE
Pope John X (914–928) and the Antecedents of the First Crusade / Bernard Hamilton 309
Papal War Aims in 1096: The Option Not Chosen / Bernard S. Bachrach 319
Knowledge, Power and the Medieval Soldier, 1096–1550 / Yuval Noah Harari 345
Finance and Logistics of the Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa / Alan V. Murray 357
The Chain of the Golden Horn, 5–7 July 1203 / John H. Pryor (with Peter R. Wilson) 369
The Hospitaller Commandery of Eterpigny and a Postscript to the Fourth Crusade in Syria / Jonathan Riley-Smith 385
A Venetian Sailing to Acre in 1282: Between Private Shipping and Privately Operated State Galleys / David Jacoby 395
The Testimony of Brother Henry Danet and the Trial of the Templars in Ireland / Helen J. Nicholson 411
Images of Saracens on the Pulpit of Santa Croce in Florence / Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby 425
Economics in Dante’s Hell / Steven A. Epstein 437
Caffa e il suo porto (secc. XIV–XV) / Michel Balard 447
Medieval States and Military Orders: The Order of Calatrava in the Late Middle Ages / Sophia Menache 457
