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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: principality of Antioch and its frontiers in the twelfth century
  name:
    name part: Buck, Andrew D.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 284 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Situated in northern Syria, on the eastern-most frontier of Latin Christendom, the principality of Antioch was a medieval polity bordered by a host of rival powers, including the Byzantine Empire, the Armenian Christians of Cilicia, the rulers of the neighboring Islamic world and even the other crusader states, the kingdom of Jerusalem and the counties of Edessa and Tripoli. Coupled with the numerous Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities who populated the region, Antioch's Frankish settlers, initially installed into power by the military successes of the First Crusade, thus faced numerous challenges to their survival. This book examines how the ruling elites of the principality sought to manage these competing interests in order to maintain Antioch's existence during the troubled twelfth century, particularly following the death of Prince Bohemond II in 1130. His demise helped to spark renewed interest from Byzantium and the kingdom of Jerusalem, and came at a time of both Islamic resurgence under the Zengids of Aleppo and Mosul, as well as Armenian power growth under the Rupenids. An examination of Antioch's diplomatic and military endeavors, its internal power structures and its interaction with indigenous peoples can therefore help to reveal a great deal about how medieval Latins adapted to the demands of their frontiers.
  note: Andrew D. Buck.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-276) and index.
  subject:
    geographic: Antioch (Turkey)
    topic: History
  classification: DS99.A6 B83 2017
  classification: 939.4
  identifier: 1783271736
  identifier: 9781783271733
  record info:
    record content source: YDXCP
    record creation date: 160719
    record change date: 20170926140902.0
    record identifier: in00003812818