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The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130

The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098-1130

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0851156614
ISBN13: 9780851156613
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Aug 3 2000
Pages: 246
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.57
Language: English
The first major study of the principality of Antioch, reasserting its significance and challenging the dominance of Jerusalem in modern crusading historiography.

The First Crusade wrought many changes across the medieval world, not least in Levant, where the expedition culminated in the Frankish conquest of much of Syria and Palestine. This book is the first major study of the early history of one of these Latin settlements, the principality of Antioch; it reasserts the significance of Antioch, and challenges the dominant position of the kingdom of Jerusalem in modern crusading historiography. Thomas Asbridge examines the formation of Antioch's political, military and ecclesiastical frameworks and explains how the principality survived in the hostile political environment of the Near East. He also demonstrates that Latin Antioch was shapedby the complex world of the Levant, facing a diverse range of influences and potential threats from the neighbouring forces of Byzantium and Islam.

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