Main entry:

Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.), author.

Title & Author:

Crusader castles / Hugh Kennedy.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [1994]
©1994

Description:

xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
Prologue to the study of Crusader castles -- Fortification in the west and east before the First Crusade -- Castles of the Twelfth- century Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Twelfth-century castles in the northern states -- Siege warfare in the Crusader Lands -- Nobles, Templars and Teutonic Knights in the thirteenth century -- The Hospitallers in Tripoli and Antioch -- Muslim castles of the twelfth and thirtennth centuries -- Postscript: Crusader Castles and the west.
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Summary:

This is a general account of the history and architecture of Crusader castles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli and Principality of Antioch between 1099 and 1291, the years during which the Crusaders had a permanent presence on the Levantine coast.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521420687
9780521420686
0521799139
9780521799133

Subject:

Castles Latin Orient.
Architecture, Medieval Latin Orient.
Military architecture Latin Orient.
Châteaux forts Orient latin.
Architecture médiévale Orient latin.
Architecture militaire Orient latin.
Architecture, Medieval
Castles
Military architecture
Kastelen.
Kruisvaardersstaten.
Crusades.
Châteaux Orient latin.
Middle East Latin Orient
Castles History
Middle East

Holdings:

Location: Library main 117480
Call No.: ID NA1465.K4; ID:95-B138
Status: Available