Fortification and Settlement in Crusader Palestine

Denys Pringle

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781138375413
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000949971
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

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

• Cover
• Series Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Publisher’s Note
• Frontmatter
• Preface
• I Town Defences in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
• II Crusader Jerusalem
• III King Richard I and the Walls of Ascalon
• IV Crusader Settlement and the Landscape: Some Reflections on Method in the Light of Recent Archaeological Work
• V Two Medieval Villages North of Jerusalem: Archaeological Investigations in al-Jib and ar-Ram
• VI Magna Mahumeria (al-Bira): The Archaeology of a Frankish New Town in Palestine
• VII Burj Bardawil and Frankish Settlement North of Ramallah 30-59 in the Twelfth Century
• VIII Towers in Crusader Palestine Château Gaillard: Etudes de Castellologie médiévale, XVI.
• IX Templar Castles on the Road to the Jordan
• X La Fève: A Crusader Castle in the Jezreel Valley
• XI Reconstructing the Castle of Safad
• XII A Thirteenth-Century Hall at Montfort Castle in Western Galilee
• Addenda and corrigenda
• Index