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. Offensively, such structures were needed as starting points for both land based and naval campaigns into enemy territory, and could ther...

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Main Author: Molin, Bengt Kristian
Published: University of Leeds 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393342