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

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