In Laudem Hierosolymitani: Studies In Crusades And Medieval

This volume presents 31 essays written by eminent medievalists in his honour. They reflect his methods and diversity of interest. The collection, outstanding in both quality and range of topics, covers the Latin East and relations between West and East in the time of the crusades. The individual essays deal with the history, archaeology and art of the Holy Land, the crusades and the military orders, Islam, historiography, Mediterranean commerce, medieval ideas and literature, and the Jews. Table of Contents: The Holy Land, Archaeology and Iconography: De plaga que facta est in Hierusalem eo quod dominicum Deum non custodiebant: history into fable?, Amnon Linder; Gestures of conciliation: peacemaking endeavors on the Latin East, Yvonne Friedman; The medieval evolution of by-naming: notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Iris Shagrir; Islamic preaching in Syria during the Counter-Crusade (12th-13th centuries), Daniella Talmon-Heller; 3 stages in the evolution of rural settlement in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the 12th century, Adrian Boas; Frankish castles, Muslim castles and the medieval citadel of Jerusalem, Ronnie Ellenblum; Dialogo di due intellettuali intirno a Gerusalemme, Gabriella Airaldi; Mongol provincial administration: Syria in 1260 as a case study, Reuven Amitai; A new text of the Annales de Terre Sainte, Peter Edbury; An icon of the Crucifixion and the Nativity at Sinai; investigating the pictorial language of its ornamental vocabulary: chrysography, pearl-dot haloes and cintemani, Jaroslav Folda; Numismatic findings from cathedral of St Peter in Caesarea, Robert Kool; Notes on some inscriptions from crusader Acre, Denys Pringle; Acre au regard d'Aigues-Mortes, Jean Richard; Sharing sacred space: holy places in Jerusalem between Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Ora Limor; Der Prophet und sein Vaterland. Leben und Nachleben von Reinhold Rohricht, Hans E. Mayer. Mentality, Law, Jews and World History: Naming pains: physicians facing sensations, Esther Cohen; Did all the land belong to the king?, Susan Reynolds; Medieval treasure troves and Jews, Michael Toch; Comparative history and world history: Contrasts and contacts, Diego Olstein. The Crusades, The Military Orders and Commerce: Pope John X (914-928) and the antecedents of the 1st Crusade, Bernard Hamilton; Papal war aims in 1096: the option not chosen, Bernard Bachrach; Knowledge, power and the medieval soldier, 1096-1550, Yuval Harari; Finance and logistics of the Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa, Alan V. Murray; The chain of the Golden Horn, 5-7 July 1203, John Pryor; The Hospitaller Commandery of Eterpigny and a postscript to the 4th Crusade in Syria, Jonathan Riley-Smith; A Venetian sailing to Acre in 1282: between private shipping and privately operated state galleys, David Jacoby; The testimony of Brother Henry Danet and the trial of the Templars in Ireland, Helen Nicholson; Images of Saracens on the pulpit of Santa Croce in Florence, Nirit Debby-Ben Arieh; Economics in Dante's Hell, Steven Epstein; Caffa e il suo porto (secc. XIV - XV), Michel Balard; Medieval states and military orders: the Order of Calatrava in the late Middle Ages, Sophia Menache. Author Biography: Iris Shagrir is from the Department of History at the Open University of Israel, Israel. Ronnie Ellenblum is an Associate Professor of Historical Geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Jonathan Riley-Smith was formerly Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, UK.