Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
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Prologue to the study of Crusader castles -- Fortification in the west and east before the First Crusade -- Castles of the Twelfth- century Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Twelfth-century castles in the northern states -- Siege warfare in the Crusader Lands -- Nobles, Templars and Teutonic Knights in the thirteenth century -- The Hospitallers in Tripoli and Antioch -- Muslim castles of the twelfth and thirtennth centuries -- Postscript: Crusader Castles and the west.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is a general account of the history and architecture of Crusader castles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli and Principality of Antioch between 1099 and 1291, the years during which the Crusaders had a permanent presence on the Levantine coast.