{"product_id":"cultures-of-the-medieval-kingdom-of-jerusalem-frontier-inventiveness-in-the-age-of-the-crusades-hardback-9781501781704","title":"Cultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem; Frontier Inventiveness in the Age of the Crusades (Hardback) 9781501781704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrontier Inventiveness in the Age of the Crusades\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Z. Kedar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501781704\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages, 23 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 map, 2 diagrams - 1 Maps - 23 Halftones, black and white - 2 Diagrams\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a revelatory portrait of the Frankish Levant at the time of the Crusades. \u003c\/b\u003eFollowing victory in the First Crusade in 1099, the newcomers from Europe, or Franks, ruled a Christian kingdom in Jerusalem, then Acre, until 1291. Historians have written off this kingdom as a derivative cultural backwater. In this new social and cultural history, however, Benjamin Z. Kedar uncovers the striking inventiveness of the Frankish clerics and knights who settled in the kingdom and lived in it. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcross an array of languages and archives, from textual and artistic to material and archaeological, Kedar maps the contours of the kingdom's cultureor, more accurately, its cultures. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was small, but the diversity of its population had no counterpart anywhere in the medieval West. Kedar explores how Franks, eastern Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Samaritans lived side by side in contentious times, each group developing or preserving its specific culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough stories of the lives of the kingdom's inhabitants, Kedar presents the remarkable creativity of the Franks in various fields as they faced challenges in new surroundings thousands of miles from their countries of origin. \u003ci\u003eCultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e, the culmination of Kedar's half century of scholarship on the Crusades and the medieval Levant, is an innovative history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Cultural Inventiveness of Frankish Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 1. a Tiny Kingdom of Diverse Peoples\u003cbr\u003e 2. Everyday Life in the Kingdom of Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 3. An Intellectual Backwater?\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Clergy and the Establishment of Cores of Devotion\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Husbanding of Sanctity\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Candid Portrait of William of Tyre,the Kingdom's Most Erudite Cleric\u003cbr\u003e 7. King Amaurry of Jerusalem, a twelfth-Century Renaissance Ruler\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Inventiveness of the Kingdom's Knights and Military-religious orders\u003cbr\u003e 9. Burgesses, Urban and Rural\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Non-franks\u003cbr\u003e 11. Cultural activities in the Kingdom of acre (1191–1291)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Footprints in the Sand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521071837464,"sku":"9781501781704","price":24.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultures-of-the-medieval-kingdom-of-jerusalem-frontier-inventiveness-in-the-age-of-the-crusades-hardback-9781501781704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}