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The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095
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The role of castles in the political and military history of the Crusader States and the Levant 1187 to 1380
This thesis deals with the various functions of Latin and Armenian fortifications in Cilician Armenia, Greece, Cyprus, Syria and Palestine between 1187 and c.1380.
Images of the Military Orders, 1128-1291: Spiritual, Secular, Romantic
Whatever confusion may exist among the general public of the present day, the public in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were in no doubt as to the character and function of the military orders of the Holy Land.
RELIGION, WARRIOR ELITES, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
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Arab Papermaking
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The Crusaders through Armenian Eyes
How were the Crusades fitted into an Armenian worldview?
The medical resources and practice of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine 1096-1193
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AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CHARGES AND MOTIVATIONS OF THE CAPETIAN MONARCHY BEHIND INSTITUTING THE FALL OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE
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A 9th Century AD Arab or Indian Shipwreck in Indonesia: First Evidence for Direct Trade with China
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Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings
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Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty
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The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula
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The Man-Made Disaster: Fire in Cities in the Medieval Middle East
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Medieval Syriac Historians’ Perceptions of the Turks
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Greek and Muslim Automata: Influence of Greek Knowledge in Medieval Islamic Science
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Nasir al-Din Tusi and His Socio-Political Role in the Thirteenth Century
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The Visitatio Sepulchri in the Latin Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Holy Week commemorates the last days of Christ’s earthly presence, from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his crucifixion and resurrection.
Portrayals of the Later Abbasid Caliphs: The Role of the Caliphate in Buyid and Saljūq-era Chronicles, 936-1180
While the caliphs lacked military power during the Buyid and Saljūq eras, they were not mere hostages of the secular powers in the eyes of the chroniclers.
LETTING THE GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE: EVOLUTION OF AROMATHERAPY THROUGH THE AGES
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The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade
Just over nine hundred years ago, Pope Urban II closed a provincial church council at Clermont Ferrand with a rousing call to arms that launched the First Crusade.
The Origins of Muslim Prayer: Sixth and Seventh century religious influences on the Salat ritual
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Envisioning Salvation: An Ecumenical Ekphrasis in Wirnt von Gravenberg’s Wigalois
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