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Les souverains de la LatranieSéries

Cette série plonge dans la vie et l'influence des dirigeants des États croisés en Orient. Elle examine les intrigues politiques, les manœuvres diplomatiques et les défis inhérents à la gouvernance durant cette période mouvementée. Au-delà des règnes individuels, elle explore des thèmes plus larges tels que le genre, le mariage, la vie intellectuelle et les relations interreligieuses. Ces biographies détaillées offrent un regard captivant sur les hommes et les femmes qui ont façonné la région de la fin du XIe à la fin du XIIIe siècle et au-delà.

Baldwin I of Jerusalem, 1100-1118
The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century
Godfrey of Bouillon

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  • Godfrey of Bouillon

    This book offers a new appraisal of the ancestry and career of Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100), a leading participant in the First Crusade (1096-99), and the first ruler of Latin Jerusalem (1099-1100), the polity established by the crusaders after they captured the Holy City. While previous studies of Godfrey's life have tended to focus on his career from the point at which he joined the crusade, this book adopts a more holistic approach, situating his involvement in the expedition in the light of the careers of his ancestors and his own activities in Lotharingia, the westernmost part of the kingdom of Germany. The findings of this enquiry shed new light on the repercussions of a range of critical developments in Latin Christendom in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, including the impact of the 'Investiture Conflict' in Lotharingia, the response to the call for the First Crusade in Germany, Godfrey's influence upon the course of the crusade, his role in its leadership, and his activities during the initial phases of Latin settlement in the Holy Land in its aftermath.

    Godfrey of Bouillon

  • The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century

    What little has been written previously on the Lebanese "crusader" county of Tripoli has focused upon the Southern French ancestry of the counts of Tripoli, descendants of the counts of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues for a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the county throughout the twelfth century. What emerges is an intriguing analysis of how the counts struggled to exert their power over Lebanon in the face of insurmountable geographical forces and a great diversity of religions, languages and cultures. This book challenges prevailing knowledge of this little-known crusader state and the medieval Middle East as a whole.

    The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century

  • Baldwin I of Jerusalem, 1100-1118

    • 220pages
    • 8 heures de lecture
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    Baldwin of Boulogne was born the youngest of three sons and marked out for a clerical career, yet in turn he became a First Crusader, first Latin count of Edessa and the founder of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem. Nevertheless, remarkably, he has never been the subject of a full-length biography. This study examines in detail the stages of Baldwin's career, returning to the contemporary evidence to discover the qualities that enabled him not only to succeed his brother as ruler in 1100 but to maintain and expand the new kingdom of Jerusalem through the next eighteen years in the face of aggression from Muslim enemies and rivalry from fellow crusaders.

    Baldwin I of Jerusalem, 1100-1118