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Frankish rural settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem /

This book is a study of the spatial distribution of Frankish settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades, and of the spatial and social interrelation between the Franks and the indigenous population. It is based on an unprecedented field study of more than two hundred Fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ellenblum, Roni
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Presentation of the Problem. 1. A segregated society or an integrated society? 2. Criticism of the existing model
  • pt. II. The "Castrum," The Burgus, and the Village. 3. Castellum Regis. 4. Evidence about the existence of Frankish settlements. 5. The rights and duties of the Frankish settlers in Casale Imbert and Nova Villa. 6. The settlers: places of origin and occupations. 7. The geographic layout of a Frankish village: the example of Parva Mahomeria. 8. The neighbourhood of a Frankish castrum: the fields and the role played by the castellan. 9. A church as the nucleus of a settlement. 10. Mixed Frankish and local Christian settlements. 11. Frankish settlements and the collection of tithes
  • pt. III. The Isolated Dwellings.