France and the Holy Land: Frankish Culture at the End of the Crusades (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)
Contributors: Daniel H. Weiss (Editor); Lisa Mahoney (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801878237
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; World history: c 500 to C 1500; Mediterranean Region; General; Europe - France; Middle East - Israel; History - General History; Jerusalem; History: World; Europe; France; Middle East; History; Art / General; Art : General; Civilization, Medieval; History / Israel; History : Europe - France; Crusades; Middle East - General; Europe - General; Christianity and other religions; Franks
First sentence: IF THE SECOND HALF of the thirteenth century witnessed the inexorable destruction of the crusader states in Outremer, it also-and quite paradoxically-witnessed the greatest flowering of crusader art in its 200-year history.