| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; volume 116 |
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History of warfare ; v. 116.
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| Contents |
The capture of acre, 1104, and the importance of sea power in the conquest of the littoral / Susan B. Edgington -- Clausewitz's wounded lion: a fighting retreat at the siege of acre, November 1190 / John D. Hosler -- Martyrs for the faith : Denmark, the third crusade and the fall of acre in 1190 / Janus Møller Jensen -- New evidence for identifying the site of the teutonic compound in acre / Adrian J. Boas, Georg Philipp Melloni -- John of Antioch and the perceptions of language and translation in thirteenth-century acre / J. Rubin -- Did the templars lose the holy land? : the military orders and the defense of acre, 1291 / Paul F. Crawford -- The fall of acre, 1291, and its effect on Cyprus / Anne Gilmour-Bryson -- The fall of acre in 1291 in the court of medieval public opinion / Charles W. Connell -- Thadeus of Naples on the fall of acre / Iris Shagrir -- The fall of acre (1291) : considerations of annalists in Genoa, Pisa, and Venice (13th/14th-16th centuries) / Marie-Luise Favreau-Lille |
| Summary |
In the crusader period Acre was in many ways a remarkable place, but the most striking thing about its history is the number of times it fell to enemies. The present volume is unusual in that it analyses a wide range of aspects of the history of Acre across the crusader period, combining political, military and cultural history, with a notable emphasis on the memory of the city in Europe. This may have been a city famous for its falls, but most certainly not for them alone |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Nov 23rd, 2022) |
| Subject |
Crusades.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Crusades
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| SUBJECT |
Acre (Israel) -- History, Military
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Acre (Israel) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95001846
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| Subject |
Israel -- Acre
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
France, John, editor.
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| LC no. |
2018010957 |
| ISBN |
9789004349599 |
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9004349596 |
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