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Author Edbury, Peter

Title Bridge of Civilizations
Published Oxford : Archaeopress, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages)
Contents Introduction ; Castles and Warfare ; 1. Constructing a Medieval Fortification in Syria: Margat between 1187 and 1285 -- Balázs Major ; 2. Applying the Most Recent Technologies in Archaeological and Architectural Documentation at Margat -- Bendegúz Takáts ; 3. Al-Marqab Citadel (Margat): Present Possibilities and Future Prospects -- Marwan Hassan ; 4. New Research on the Medieval Water-Management System of Crac des Chevaliers -- Zsolt Vágner and Zsófia E. Csóka ; 5. The Medieval Masonry Marks in Crac des Chevaliers and Margat -- Erzsébet Bojtár ; 6. Burials in Crac des Chevaliers excavated in 2017 -- Teofil Rétfalvi ; 7. The Fortifications of Medieval Jubayl (Byblos) -- Anis Chaaya ; 8. Karak Castle in the Lordship of Transjordan: Observations on the Chronology of the Crusader-period Fortress -- Micaela Sinibaldi ; 9. Stone-Throwing Machines and their effects on the Medieval Castles of the Syrian Coastal Region -- Dávid Kotán ; 10. Medieval Ovens and Cooking Installations in Margat -- Mayssam Youssef ; Architecture, Art and Material Culture ; 11. Latakia in the Middle Ages -- Ibrahim Kherbek ; 12. The Impact of the Crusades on the Architecture of Cairo -- Júlia Sárközi ; 13. Roman, Medieval or Ottoman: Historic Bridges of the Lebanon Coast -- Andrew Petersen ; 14. The Medieval Chapels of Yanouh/Mghayreh and Edde-Jbeil in Mount-Lebanon: A Comparative Approach -- Hany Kahwagi-Janho ; 15. Piscinas in Crusader Churches of the Latin East -- Patricia Antaki-Masson ; 16. Notes on Donor Images in the Churches of Lebanon -- Nada Hélou ; 17. Mural Painting in Margat Castle -- Zsófia Márk ; 18. A Thirteenth-Century Pottery Assemblage from Margat Castle -- Nóra Buránszki ; 19. Western Metalworkers on Cyprus, 1296-1300 -- Nicholas Coureas ; Historical Sources ; 20. An Eleventh- to Twelfth-Century Itinerary from Hungary to the Holy Land and Othmar's Vision of the Holy Fire -- by Denys Pringle ; 21. Sultan al-Kāmil, the Emperor Frederick II and the Surrender of Jerusalem as presented by the anonymous Chronique d'Ernoul -- Peter Edbury ; 22. From Samson to James: Two Minor Military Orders in Thirteenth-Century Hungary -- Dániel Bácsatyai ; Index
Summary This volume considers the links and contrasts between Europe and the areas around the eastern Mediterranean that were visited and occupied by western crusaders and settlers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, giving special attention to the evidence provided by archaeology and material culture, as well as historical sources
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Crusades -- Congresses
Civilization -- Middle Eastern influences
Civilization -- Western influences
Crusades
International relations
SUBJECT Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258 -- Congresses
Middle East -- Civilization -- Western influences -- Congresses
Europe -- Relations -- Middle East -- Congresses
Middle East -- Relations -- Europe -- Congresses
Europe -- Civilization -- Middle Eastern influences -- Congresses
Subject Europe
Islamic Empire
Middle East
Genre/Form Electronic books
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Form Electronic book
Author Pringle, Denys
ISBN 9781789693287
1789693284