Archaeology of the Military Orders. A Survey of the Urban Centres, Rural Settlements and Castles of the Military Orders in the Latin East (c. 1120-1291)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 10
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY......Page 17
BACKGROUND......Page 20
PART I: URBAN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRES......Page 34
1. THE URBAN QUARTERS OF THE TEMPLARS......Page 38
2. THE URBAN QUARTERS OF THE HOSPITALLERS......Page 62
3. THE URBAN QUARTERS OF THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS......Page 80
4. THE URBAN QUARTERS OF THE LEPER KNIGHTS OF ST LAZARUS......Page 83
5. THE QUARTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST THOMAS......Page 86
PART II: THE RURAL ACTIVITY OF THE MILITARY ORDERS......Page 88
6. EXPANSION INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE......Page 90
7. SUGAR-CANE CULTIVATION AND THE SUGAR INDUSTRY......Page 112
PART III: THE DEFENCE OF THE LATIN EAST......Page 114
8. CASTLES AND THE DEFENSIVE ROLE OF THE MILITARY ORDERS......Page 118
9. THE CHOICE OF PLAN: CASTLE TYPOLOGY, DESIGN, LOCATION AND FUNCTION......Page 125
10. NON-DEFENSIVE COMPONENTS OF A CASTLE......Page 168
11. ELEMENTS OF FORTIFICATION......Page 184
12. STONEMASONRY AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES......Page 201
13. WEAPONS, ARMS AND ARMOUR......Page 209
PART IV: ADDITIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE......Page 214
14. DAILY LIFE OF THE MILITARY ORDERS......Page 216
15. WORKS OF ART IN URBAN SITES AND CASTLES OF THE MILITARY ORDERS......Page 227
CONCLUSION......Page 236
APPENDIX I: CHRONOLOGY OF CASTLES......Page 239
APPENDIX II: GAZETTEER OF SITES OF THE MILITARY ORDERS......Page 241
NOTES......Page 279
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 310
INDEX......Page 326