Cultures of the medieval kingdom of Jerusalem : frontier inventiveness in the age of the Crusades /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ḳedar, B. Z. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025.
Series:	Medieval societies, religions, and cultures.
Subjects:	Franks > Jerusalem (Latin Kingdom) Crusades > Influence. Civilization, Medieval. Jerusalem > History > Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244. Jerusalem > History > Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 > Civilization. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.