This book is based on an unprecedented archaeological survey of more than two hundred Frankish rural sites.

For the last 150 years the historiography of the Crusades has been dominated by nationalist and colonialist discourses in Europe and the Levant. These modern hi

“An enriching account of the expansion of the political and cultural frontiers of the Latin West in the central Middle Ages.”—History Today When the armie

An innovative study which explores how the presence of Muslim communities transformed Europe and stimulated Christian society to define itself.

An in-depth analysis of the dynamic process of urbanisation in Frankish Jerusalem.