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Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1097 1192 1st Edition by David Nicolle ISBN ‎ 978-1841767154 1841767158

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Author(s): David Nicolle
ISBN(s): 9781841767154, 1841767158
Edition: Illustrated
File Details: PDF, 10.57 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  1841767158

ISBN 13: 978-1841767154

Author: David Nicolle

The Crusaders that landed in the Middle East in the late-11th century brought with them their own traditions of military architecture, but it was not long before their defensive construction began to reflect a broad array of local influences. Most early Crusader structures were relatively small, and tended to increase the existing natural and defensive features of a site. The basic forms comprised freestanding towers, castra, and hilltop and spur-castles, but urban centres, religious sites and rural dwellings were also fortified. From the 1160s, bigger, stronger and more expensive castles began to appear, in response to developments in Islamic siege weaponry. This title examines the early fortifications erected by the Crusaders in modern-day Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and south-eastern Turkey.
 

Table of contents: 

  1. Chronology

  2. Design and Development

  3. The Types of Crusader Fortification

  4. Methods of Construction

  5. The Principles of Defence

  6. A Tour of Five Crusader Castles

  7. Ravendel

  8. Saone

  9. Gibelcar

  10. Belvoir

  11. Le Vaux Moise

  12. Feudal, Religious and Urban Defences

  13. Feudal Tower Building

  14. Royal and Large-Scale Castles

  15. The Fortification of Religious Centres

  16. Urban Defences

  17. Fortified Rural Villages and Houses

  18. The Fortifications at War

  19. Strategic Roles

  20. A Place of Refuge

  21. La Cave de Sueth

  22. Vadum Jacob, Saone and Bourzay

  23. The Fate of the Fortifications

  24. Visiting the Fortifications Today

  25. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian Territories

  26. Jordan

  27. Further Reading

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