The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century: Sons of Saint-Gilles

ISBN-13: 9780367880552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 340 str.

Kevin James Lewis

Opis

What little has been written previously on the Lebanese "crusader" county of Tripoli has focused upon the Southern French ancestry of the counts of Tripoli, descendants of the counts of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues for a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the county throughout the twelfth century. What emerges is an intriguing

Spis treści

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction Sons of Saint-Gilles

1 The Succession of Cousins: Counts Raymond I (1103–05), William Jordan (1105–09) and Bertrand (1109–12)

2 The Forging and Freedom of the County: Count Pons (1112–37)

3 Military Decline and Matrimonial Discord: Count Raymond II (1137–52)

4 Count and Captive: Count Raymond III (1152–74)

5 The Regent Thwarted: Count Raymond III (1174–87)

Conclusion Alien and Native

Appendix 1 Sources

Appendix 2 Troubadour poetry and Tripoli

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Kevin James Lewis completed a doctorate in History at the University of Oxford, where he produced a thesis on aspects of the ‘crusader’ county of Tripoli during the twelfth century, under the supervision of Professor Christopher Tyerman. Previously he studied at Cardiff University’s Centre for the Crusades, taught by Professors Helen Nicholson, Peter Edbury and Denys Pringle. More recently he held a Past & Present Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.