Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

By Ronnie Ellenblum,

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This book is a study of the spatial distribution of Frankish settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades, and of the spatial and social interrelation between the Franks and the indigenous population. It is based on an unprecedented field study of more than two…

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