Feudal monarchy in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, 1100 to 1291
1932, First Edition. Cambridge, Mass. : Mediaeval Academy of America. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards, with panel edges and endbands showing minor wear. Contemporary reader inscription to front free endpaper; faint foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476605
Series; Monographs of the Mediaeval Academy of America ; no. 4. Physical description; xxviii, 293 pages : genealogical tables ; 27 cm. Notes; "Based upon a dissertation presented at Harvard University in 1928 ... further study ... led to a total revision of the original thesis" – Preface, page xi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; List of abbreviations – Introduction – The constitutional development of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem – The First Kingdom, 1099-1174 – War and reconstruction: the years of transition, 1174-1210 – The second kingdom, 1210-1291 – The Administrative machinery of the Latin Kingdom – The Haute Cour – The Lesser Courts – The Grand officers and the Chancery – The Military Establishment, knight service and feudal tenure – The administration of finance – Some political relationships of the kings of Jerusalem – Relations of the kings of Jerusalem with the Princes of Antioch and the counts of Tripoli and Edessa – Relations of the Kings of Jerusalem with the Church – Relations of the Kings of Jerusalem with the religio-military orders – Relations of the Kings of Jerusalem with the Italian and Provencal Commercial Communes – Conclusion. Subjects; Feudalism – Jerusalem (Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244).
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