Bridge of Civilizations: The Near East and Europe c. 1100–1300

Peter Edbury, Denys Pringle, Balázs Major, Peter Edbury, Denys Pringle, Balázs Major

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781789693270
• eBook ISBN: 9781789693287
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: History

This volume brings together 22 of the papers presented at a conference held in Esztergom, Hungary, in May 2018 to coincide with the 800th anniversary of the crusade of King Andrew II of Hungary to the Holy Land in 1217–18. The theme, Bridge of Civilizations, was chosen to highlight aspects of 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.The results of the joint Syrian-Hungarian Archaeological Mission (SHAM) to the Hospitaller castle of Margat (al-Marqab) highlighted in this volume include an up-to-date overview of the structural development of the site from 1187 to 1285, as well as particular studies of the wall paintings, cooking installations and pottery. SHAM's recent rescue work at Crac des Chevaliers also provides the basis for studies of the water-management system and medieval burials revealed in its courtyard, while other papers examine the masonry marks and surviving evidence of medieval trebuchet damage at both castles. Other papers focus on the medieval castles of Karak (Jordan) and Jubayl (Lebanon), the medieval buildings of Latakia (Syria), the impact of the Crusades on buildings in Cairo, historic bridges in Lebanon, the medieval chapels of Yanouh-Mghayreh and Edde-Jbeil (Lebanon), piscinas in Crusader churches in the East, the images of donors found in medieval Lebanese churches, and the activity of late thirteenth-century Western metal-workers in Cyprus.Papers focusing more particularly on historical sources include a new edition of a late eleventh- to twelfth-century pilgrimage itinerary from Hungary to the Holy Land, a discussion of two minor military orders in Hungary, and the portrayal of Sultan al-K?mil in a contemporary western account of the Fifth Crusade.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents Page
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• Castles and Warfare
• Constructing a Medieval Fortification in Syria: Margat between 1187 and 1285
• Applying the Most Recent Technologies in Archaeological and Architectural Documentation at Margat
• Al-Marqab Citadel (Margat): Present Possibilities and Future Prospects
• New Research on the Medieval Water-Management System of Crac des Chevaliers
• The Medieval Masonry Marks in Crac des Chevaliers and Margat
• Burials in Crac des Chevaliers excavated in 2017
• The Fortifications of Medieval Jubayl (Byblos)
• Karak Castle in the Lordship of Transjordan: Observations on the Chronology of the Crusader-period Fortress
• Stone-Throwing Machines and their effects on the Medieval Castles of the Syrian Coastal Region
• Medieval Ovens and Cooking Installations in Margat
• Architecture, Art and Material Culture
• Latakia in the Middle Ages
• The Impact of the Crusades on the Architecture of Cairo
• Roman, Medieval or Ottoman: Historic Bridges of the Lebanon Coast
• The Medieval Chapels of Yanouh/Mghayreh and Edde-Jbeil in Mount-Lebanon: A Comparative Approach
• Piscinas in Crusader Churches of the Latin East
• Notes on Donor Images in the Churches of Lebanon
• Mural Painting in Margat Castle
• A Thirteenth-Century Pottery Assemblage from Margat Castle
• Western Metalworkers on Cyprus, 1296–1300
• Historical Sources
• An Eleventh- to Twelfth-Century Itinerary from Hungary to the Holy Land and Othmar’s Vision of the H
• Sultan al-Kāmil, the Emperor Frederick II and the Surrender of Jerusalem as presented by the anonymo
• From Samson to James: Two Minor Military Orders in Thirteenth-Century Hungary
• Index