Cultures of the medieval kingdom of Jerusalem : frontier inventiveness in the age of the Crusades / Benjamin Z. Kedar.
| Author/creator | Ḳedar, B. Z. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | viii, 551 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Medieval societies, religions, and cultures Medieval societies, religions, and cultures. ^A1455419 |
| Contents | Introduction. The cultural inventiveness of Frankish Jerusalem -- A tiny kingdom of diverse peoples -- Everyday life in the kingdom of Jerusalem -- An intellectual backwater? -- The clergy and the establishment of cores of devotion -- The husbanding of sanctity -- A candid portrait of the kingdom's most erudite cleric: William of Tyre (c. 1130-c. 1186) -- A twelfth-century Renaissance ruler: King Amaurry of Jerusalem (1136-1174) -- The Inventiveness of the Kingdom's Knights and Military-Religious Orders -- Burgesses, urban and rural -- The non-Franks -- Cultural activities in the kingdom of Acre (1191-1291) -- Conclusion. Footprints in the sand. |
| Abstract | "A revisionist history of the Crusader Kingdoms in the Middle East that challenges and upends conventional thinking on the impact of the Crusades on the Holy Lands"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Kedar, B. Z. Cultures of the medieval kingdom of Jerusalem. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025 9781501781711 |
| LCCN | 2024048427 |
| ISBN | 9781501781704 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1501781707 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000255382 |