The Franks in Outremer: Studies in the Latin Principalities of Palestine and Syria, 1099-1187 (Variorum Collected Studies)

This volume brings together twenty studies relating to the history of the Latin principalities established in Palestine and Syria from their foundation in the course of the First Crusade up to their defeat by Saladin at the battle of Hattin in 1187. Half of the essays deal with the first three decades of the Frankish settlement, focusing on the monarchy of the kingdom of Jerusalem under Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin I and Baldwin II, and on the origins and prosopography of the Frankish nobility. Beyond this are longer-ranging studies devoted to sacred and secular aspects of the landscape and population of Palestine, including the settlement of the city of Jerusalem, the military use of the relic of the True Cross, and wider strategic considerations concerning the defence of the Holy Land. The final section considers how the Franks perceived and interacted with the Muslim and native Christian inhabitants of Syria, Palestine and neighbouring lands, with a particular emphasis on the evidence of the great chronicle of William of Tyre. This volume brings together twenty studies relating to the history of the Latin principalities established in Palestine and Syria from their foundation in the course of the First Crusade up to their defeat by Saladin at the battle of Hattin in 1187. Half Cover 1 Series Page 3 Half Title 4 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Table of Contents 8 Preface 12 Acknowledgements 14 The Frankish Nobility 16 I: The Origins of the Frankish Nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1100–1118 16 II: A Note on the Origin of Eustace Grenier 36 III: A Little-Known Member of the Royal Family of Crusader Jerusalem in William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglarum 39 IV: Norman Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099–1131 42 V: The Prosopography and Onomastics of the Franks in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099–1187 68 VI: How Norman was the Principality of Antioch? Prolegomena to a Study of the Origins of the Nobility of a Crusader State 80 Kingship in Frankish Jerusalem 94 VII: The Title of Godfrey of Bouillon as Ruler of Jerusalem 94 VIII: Daimbert of Pisa, the Domus Godefridi and the Accession of Baldwin I of Jerusalem 110 IX: Dynastic Continuity or Dynastic Change? The Accession of Baldwin II and the Nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem 132 X: Baldwin II and His Nobles: Baronial Factionalism and Dissent in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1118–1134 159 XI: Kingship, Identity and Name-Giving in the Family of Baldwin of Bourcq 186 Sacred Space and the Defence of the Holy Land 198 XII: Sacred Space and Strategic Geography in Twelfth-Century Palestine 198 XIII: Constructing Jerusalem as a Christian Capital: Topography and Population of the Holy City Under Frankish Rule in the Twelfth Century 224 XIV: The Origin of Money-Fiefs in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 242 XV: 'Mighty Against the Enemies of Christ': The Relic of the True Cross in the Armies of the Kingdom of Jerusalem 254 Ideologies of Confrontation: Franks, Native Christians and Muslims 276 XVI: Ethnic Identity in the Crusader States: The Frankish Race and the Settlement of Outremer 276 XVII: Coroscane: Homeland of the Saracens in the Chansons De Geste and the Historiography of the Crusades 292 XVIII: William of Tyre and the Origin of the Turks: Observations on Possible Sources of the Gesta Orientalium Principum 302 XIX: Biblical Quotations and Formulaic Language in the Chronicle of William of Tyre 316 XX: Franks and Indigenous Communities in Palestine and Syria (1099–1187): A Hierarchical Model of Social Interaction in the Principalities of Outremer 326 Index 346 Frankish nobility,Eustace Grenier,The prosopography,Dynastic continuity