1st Edition

Latin Kingdom Of Jerusalem

By Conder Copyright 2005
    460 Pages
    by Routledge

    460 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2006. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was the great lost realm of chivalry. Created by leaders of the First Crusade at the start of the 12th Century, it was a feudal state comprised of Antioch, Edessa, Tripoli, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Ashqelon Krak, Montreal, Sidin and Galilee that lasted for two hundred years, surrounded by the Muslims of Palestine and Syria. This classic volume presents a picture of the curious social conditions which resulted from the establishment of a feudal society amid Oriental surroundings and traces a growth of civilization and prosperity during the two centuries of Latin rule.

    Chapter 1 Peter the Hermit.; Chapter 2 The March to Antioch.; Chapter 3 The Founding of the Kingdom.; Chapter 4 The Growth of the Kingdom.; Chapter 5 The Loss of the Kingdom.; Chapter 6 The Frank Life in Palestine.; Chapter 7 The Native Life in Palestine.; Chapter 8 The Third Crusade.; Chapter 9 The Thirteenth Century Franks.; Chapter 10 St. Louis.; Chapter 11 The Tartars.; Chapter 12 The Loss of Acre.; Conclusion.;

    Biography

    The author Claude Reignier Condor (1848–1910) was in charge of the Survey of Western Palestine, the first survey of the southern Levant, on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. He spent many years in Palestine, spoke Arabic and was the author of several books on the region.