| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and the West -- Unrest in Antioch, 1130-8 -- The Second Crusade, 1145-9 -- The failure of the 1150 crusade and the development of ties with Byzantium, 1150-63 -- Approaches to both Byzantium and the West, 1163-8 -- The intensification of Amalric's diplomatic efforts -- Crisis in the Latin East, 1174-87 |
| Summary |
The triumph of the First Crusade (1095-1099) led to the establishment of a Latin Christian community in the Levant. Remarkably, despite growing pressure from the neighbouring Muslim powers, and the failure of the Second Crusade (1145-49), the settlers were able to occupy Jerusalem and substantial areas of what are now Israel, Syria and the Lebanon for over three-quarters of a century. It was the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 which precipitated the Third Crusade dominated by Richard the Lionheart |
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This is the first systematic investigation of the settlers' attempts to seek support for their vital role as defenders of the Holy Land. Jonathan Phillips draws together a disparate range of evidence to show how they turned to western Europe, and to a lesser extent Byzantium, for help. As attitudes and strategies evolved, the settlers' approach became increasingly sophisticated, peaking during the reign of King Amalric of Jerusalem (1163-1174), when diplomatic activity was particularly intense |
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The author also investigates the attitude of King Henry II of England towards the crusades, and the effects of the Becket dispute on western responses to the needs of the Holy Land. In this fascinating and original study, Jonathan Phillips demonstrates that contact between the Latin East and the West was far more complex than previously believed, and exposes for the first time, the range and scale of the settlers' efforts to maintain Christian control of the Holy Land |
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Foreign relations History |
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Palestine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-301) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Crusades.
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Christians -- Latin Orient
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Christians.
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Crusades.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Kruistochten.
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Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Foreign relations -- Latin Orient
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Latin Orient -- Foreign relations -- Europe
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Europe.
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Middle East -- Latin Orient.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95043444 |
| ISBN |
9780191676611 |
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0191676616 |
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