Tag Archives: Crusader States

Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Latin East in the Thirteenth Century

by DRM_peter Posted on January 17, 2018

Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Latin East in the Thirteenth Century By R. Stephen Humphreys Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.2 (1990) We thank Mamluk Studies Review for their permission to republish this article. This journal published by the Middle East Documentation Center devoted to the … Continue reading →

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Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks

by DRM_peter Posted on January 17, 2018

Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks By Albrecht Fuess Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.5 (2001) We thank Mamluk Studies Review for permission to republish this article. This refereed journal published by the Middle East Documentation Center … Continue reading →

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Venice and the Conquest of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

by DRM_peter Posted on August 19, 2014

Venice and the Conquest of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem By Donald E. Queller and Irene B. Katele Studi Veneziani, Vol.21 (1986) Studi Veneziani is published by Istituto di Storia della Società e dello Stato Veneziano. We thank the editors for their permission … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Tyre in 1111-12, according to the Chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi

by DRM_peter Posted on December 18, 2013

One of the most interesting contemporary accounts of the crusades comes from a twelfth-century resident of Damascus.  Ibn Al-Qalanisi was a distinguished scholar in Damascus, and was twice elected the mayor of that city.  His Chronicle begins in 1097 with … Continue reading →

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Matthew of Edessa, Chronicle, Warfare in the Crusader States (1104-1127)

by Nicolas Agrait Posted on April 22, 2013

The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa is considered by scholars to be a primary source of major importance for the history of the Near East during the period of the early Crusades.  This work relates events that occurred between the … Continue reading →

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