Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades: Society, Landscape and Art in the Holy City under Frankish Rule

Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades combines archaeological and historical evidence together with first-hand accounts written by visiting pilgrims, to provide a multi-faceted description of one of the most important periods in the history of Jerusalem. The book has been fully updated with the results of the latest excavations and research.Much of the new material has previously only been available in Hebrew, or in unpublished or difficult to access studies.Four new chapters - ‘Pilgrims in the Holy City’, ‘Commercial and Financial Institutions’, Frankish Jerusalem in the Thirteenth Century, and ‘Frankish Epigraphy in Jerusalem’, make this the most comprehensive survey of Jerusalem in the Crusader period.The book is divided into three parts, the first explores the history of the city in the Crusader period, and its unique society, almost exclusively Christian and largely Western (Frankish).The second presents the rich architectural evidence for Jerusalem under Crusader rule.The final p