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Medieval fortifications in Cilicia : the Armenian contribution to military architecture in the Middle Ages /
"In Medieval Fortifications in Cilicia Dweezil Vandekerckhove offers an account of the origins, development and spatial distribution of fortified sites in the Armenian Kingdom (1198-1375). Despite the abundance of archaeological remains, the Armenian heritage had previously not been closely stu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2020]
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| Colección: | History of warfare,
volume 128 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of Illustartions
- Sources and Historiography
- 1.1 Historiography: The Discovery of Armenian Cilicia
- 1.2 Sources
- 1.2.1 / The Armenian Sources
- 1.2.2 / The Syrian Sources
- 1.2.3 / The Greek Sources
- 1.2.4 / The Latin and Frankish Sources
- 1.2.5 / The Arabic Sources
- 1.3 Archaeological Research
- 2 Historical Outline of Cilicia (969-1375)
- 2.1 The Geography of the Armenian Kingdom
- 2.1.1 / Cilicia Trachea (or Rough Cilicia)
- 2.1.2 / Cilicia Pedias
- 2.1.3 / Rubenid and Hetʻumid Region in the Taurus Mountains
- 2.1.4 / Amanus Region
- 2.2 Armenian Settlement (969-1097)
- 2.2.1 / From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean Sea
- 2.2.2 / The Establishment of Armenian Baronies in the Eastern Mediterranean Coastlands
- 2.2.3 / The Origin of the Hetʻumids and Rubenids in Cilicia
- 2.3 Norman Cilicia (1097-1112)
- 2.3.1 / The Arrival of the First Crusade in Cilicia (August-September 1097)
- 2.3.2 / A Multitude of Rulers: Hetʻumids, Rubenids, Franks, and Seljuks in the Cilician Plain (September-October 1097)
- 2.3.3 / Tancred, Norman Master of Cilicia (1097-1099)
- 2.3.4 / The Second Norman Conquest of Cilicia and the Battle of Harran (1101-1104)
- 2.3.5 / The Expansion of the Principality of Antioch and the Treaty of Devol (1106-1112)
- 2.4 Towards an Armenian Kingdom (1112-1198)
- 2.4.1 / Komnenian Intervention (1081-1143)
- 2.4.2 / The Rise of the Rubenids (1143-1188)
- 2.4.3 / From Baron to King
- 2.5 The Armenian Kingdom (1198-1375)
- 2.5.1 / Levon and the Role of the Military Orders
- 2.5.2 / Hetʻum I (r. 1226-1269)
- 2.5.3 / From the Rise of the Mamluks to the Fall of the Armenian Kingdom (1269-1375)
- 3 Fortifications and Geography
- 3.1 Fortifications in their Historical Landscape
- 3.1.1 / Cilicia: Crossroads between the West and East
- 3.1.2 / Settlement Patterns in Byzantine Cilicia (450-650)
- 3.1.3 / Cilicia on the Islamic-Byzantine frontier: The Construction of the Frontier or al-thughūr
- 3.1.4 / Cilicia on the Islamic-Byzantine Frontier: A Process of Incastellamento or Kastroktisia
- 3.1.4.1 Byzantine Skirmishing Tactics in the Taurus Region (650-950)
- 3.1.4.2 Process of Incastellamento or Kastroktisia
- 3.1.4.3 Phrouria, Aplèkta, Kastra, and Kataphygia
- 3.1.4.4 Arab Occupation of the Cilician Plain and Amanus Mountains (650-950)
- 3.1.4.5 Byzantine Re-conquest and Construction of Fortifications
- 3.2Strategy and the Spatial Distribution of Fortifications
- 3.2.1 / General Principles
- 3.2.2 / A Google Earth Analysis
- 3.2.2.1 The Spatial Distribution of Fortifications
- 3.2.2.2 Newly Built Constructions (1075-1350)
- 3.2.2.3 Refortification and Occupation
- 3.2.3 / Land Routes, Rivers and Topography as Variables for the Distribution of Fortifications .