Crusader archaeology

Crusader Archaeology- Front Cover
Crusader Archaeology
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of illustrations
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
A note on the use of place names
List of abbreviations
Chronology
Chapter 1: Background: the Crusades and Outremer
	Geography and climate
	The native population
	The Frankish settlers
	The Italians
	Frankish administration and institutions
	The Church
	The military orders
Chapter 2: The city and urban life
	Major cities
	Coastal towns
	Inland towns
Chapter 3: The rural landscape
	Land ownership and the rural population in the
kingdom of Jerusalem
	Taxes and tithes
	Monopolies
	The structure of the native casalia and the status
of the local peasants
	The Frankish villani and the planned villages
	Rural estate centres and farmhouses
	Agriculture and rural industry
Chapter 4: The defence of the Latin East
	Typology of the Crusader castle
	How the Franks built their castles
	Siege warfare
Chapter 5: Frankish ecclesiastical architecture
	Introduction
	Typology
Chapter 6: Frankish domestic architecture
	Introduction
Chapter 7: Crafts and minor arts
	Ceramics
	Glass
	Metalwork
	Stone vessels and objects
	Inscriptions and heraldry
	Wood
	Games
	Arms and armour
	Greek fire
	Textiles
	Leather working
	Ivory carvings
	Objects of bone and mother-of-pearl
	Crusader coins
	Crusader seals
Chapter 8: The fine arts
	Figurative sculpture
	Non-figurative ornamentation
	Wall painting
	Mosaics
	Manuscript illumination
	Icons
Chapter 9: Building techniques and materials
	Mortar and plaster
	Wood
	Stone
	Construction
Chapter 10: Medicine
	Illness and injury
	Hospitals and medical treatment
Chapter 11: Burials
	Burial customs
	Anthropological research
	Cemeteries
	Tombs
Postscript
Bibliography
Index