Law and History in the Latin East

Peter Edbury is emeritus professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University.

Contents: Preface; Legal Literature and the Law in the Latin East: Fiefs, vassaux et service militaire dans le royaume latin de Jérusalem; Fiefs and vassals in the Kingdom of Jerusalem: from the 12th century to the 13th; Philip of Novara and the Livre de Forme de Plait; The Livre des Assises by John of Jaffa: the development and transmission of the text; Women and the customs of the High Court of Jerusalem according to John of Ibelin; Cultural encounters in the Latin East. John of Jaffa and Philip of Novara; The Assises d’Antioche: law and custom in the principality of Antioch. The Old French William of Tyre and its Continuations: The French translation of William of Tyre’s Historia: the manuscript tradition; The Old French William of Tyre and the origins of the Templars; The Old French William of Tyre, the Templars and the assassin envoy; The Lyon Eracles and the Old French continuations of William of Tyre; New perspectives on the Old French continuations of William of Tyre; Gerard of Ridefort and the Battle of Le Cresson (1 May 1187): the developing narrative tradition; A new text of the Annales de Terre Sainte. Cyprus and Later Narrative Writing: Redating the death of King Henry I of Cyprus?; The De Montforts in the Latin East; The arrest of the Templars in Cyprus. Cyprus: Latins and Greeks on crusader Cyprus; The Templars in Cyprus; The ‘Cartulaire de Manosque’: a grant to the Templars in Latin Syria and a charter of King Hugh I of Cyprus. Crusading: The crusades and their critics; Looking back on the Second Crusade: some late 12th-century English perspectives; Preaching the crusade in Wales; Celestine III, the crusade and the Latin East. Addenda and corrigenda; Index.