A History of the Crusades, Volume V: The impact of the crusades on the Near East

Volume V - The impact of the crusades on the Near East......Page 3
Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 11
Maps......Page 12
Foreword......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
A note on transliteration and nomenclature......Page 17
Abbrevioations......Page 21
I. Arab culture in the twelfth century......Page 25
II. The impact on moslem lands......Page 55
III. Social classes in the crusader states: the "minorities"......Page 81
A. Social stratification......Page 139
B. The nobles......Page 145
C. The burgesses......Page 167
D. The communes......Page 193
V. The political and ecclesiastcal organiyation of the crusader state......Page 215
A, The sovereigns......Page 220
B. The feudal regime......Page 228
C. Monarhical institucions......Page 240
D. The establishment of the latin church......Page 255
VI. Agricultural conditions in the crusader states......Page 285
A. Agriculture in Frankish Syria......Page 287
B. Agriculture in the Kingdom of Cyprus......Page 301
C. Agriculture in the Latin empire of Constantinopole......Page 319
VII. The population of the crusader states......Page 329
A. Foundation and organiyation of the Order......Page 349
B. Deeds of the Order and it's masters......Page 391
IX. Venice and the crusades......Page 413
A. Missions in the thirteenth century......Page 485
Early missionary organizations......Page 488
Thirteenth-century missions to moslems......Page 492
Contacts with oriental christians in the firs half of the XIIIth century......Page 498
The Mongol invasions and the missions......Page 503
The second half of the XIIIth century......Page 513
New organization......Page 523
Missions in the province of Khanbaliq......Page 531
Missions in the province of Sultaiyeh......Page 538
Missionary methods in the fourteenth century: conclusion......Page 547
Gazetteer and notes on maps......Page 552
Index......Page 586