Frankish Jerusalem: The Transformation of a Medieval City in the Latin East (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)

Frankish Jerusalem The Transformation of a Medieval City in the Latin East (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series) [AN 3778337]
	Cover
	Half-title page
	Series page
	Title page
	Copyright page
	Dedication
	Contents
	List of Figures, Maps and Tables
	Note on Names, Toponyms and References to Documents
	Acknowledgements
	List of Abbreviations
	Introduction: Frankish Jerusalem – Revisiting an Urban Landscape That Was Both a Symbol and an Anomaly
		a ‘The Jerusalem the Crusaders Captured’: A Pilgrim’s Birds’ Eye View at the Beginning of the Twelfth Century
		b Jerusalem under Muslim Rule
		c ‘Crusader Jerusalem’ as a Historiographic Construct
		d Outline
	Chapter 1 The Transformation of Frankish Jerusalem: History, Historiography and New Methodologies
		1.1 From Document to Database: Medieval Property Documents and the Dynamics of Settled Environments
		1.2 New Toolkits Generating New Questions: Medieval Urban Development and the Spatial Turn
		1.3 The Database of Frankish Jerusalem
			Types of Transactions
			Agency
			Spatial Categorisation
			Property Details
			The Perils of Methodology
	Chapter 2 The Earthly City: Patterns of Settlement and Property Distribution
		2.1 The Urban Transformation of Jerusalem: An Overview
		2.2 The Rise in Commercial Transactions and Increasing Specificity of Property Definitions
		2.3 Weaving Data into Spatial and Historical Context: Property Transactions and the Reconstruction of Jerusalem’s Transforming Urban Fabric
		2.4 Institutional Involvement in Property Transactions inside Jerusalem: A Comparative Analysis
		2.5 Patterns of Institutional Municipal Engagement: A Reinterpretation
		2.6 Conclusion
	Chapter 3 Jerusalem and Its Hinterland
		3.1 The Transformation of Jerusalem’s Hinterland in the First Half of the Twelfth Century: Background and Definitions
		3.2 The Role of Religious Institutions in the Expansion of Jerusalem’s Rural Hinterland in the First Half of the Twelfth Century: The Documentary Evidence
		3.3 Institutional Differences and Patterns of Development in Jerusalem’s Hinterland before the 1140s
		3.4 Development Mechanisms in Jerusalem’s Hinterland in the 1140s–1160s
		3.5 City and Hinterland
		3.6 Conclusion
	Chapter 4 From Depopulated and Dilapidated Town into a Capital: Social Structures and the Transformation of Jerusalem
		4.1 A City That Never ‘Came of Age’? Municipal Mechanisms in Frankish Jerusalem: History, Historiography and New Approaches
		4.2 Social Stratification and the Transformation of Jerusalem’s Cityscape
		4.3 Conclusion
	Chapter 5 Continuity and Change in the Social Structures of Jerusalem in the Second Half of the Twelfth Century
		5.1 Magna Mahumeria and Burgess Communities in the Middle of the Twelfth Century
		5.2 Social Stratification and the Increasing Independence of Urban Burgess Identity
		5.3 European Context and Proto-communal Social Formations in Frankish Jerusalem
		5.4 Frankish Jerusalem as an ‘Immigrant City’
		5.5 Conclusion
	Conclusion
		a A Paradigm Shift
		b The City as a Negotiated Space and the Different Definitions of Municipal Authority
		c Towards a New Model of Frankish Jerusalem: Between Eastern Forms and Western Processes
		d Overview of the Present Study
			From the ‘Rebuilding of Zion’ to a Transforming Urban Fabric
			Jerusalemite Institutions and Their Impact on the City and Its Hinterland
			From Crusaders to City Dwellers: The Role of Civic Identity and Social Cohesion in the Transformation of Jerusalem
			Shifting Socio-Economic Structures after the Middle of the Twelfth Century: The Breakdown of Institutional Collaboration
			Developing Cityscape and Contested Public Spaces
	Appendix: Places Mentioned in the Text
	Bibliography
	Index