Bridge of Civilisations
Subtitle: the near East and Europe C. 1100-1300
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781789693270
Subjects: Asia, history
Description: This volume brings together 23 of the papers presented at a conference held in Esztergom, Hungary, in May 2018 to coincide with the 800th anniversary of the crusade of King Andrew II of Hungary to the Holy Land in 1217-18. The theme, Bridge of Civilizations, was chosen to highlight aspects of the links and contrasts between Europe and the areas around the eastern Mediterranean that were visited and occupied by western crusaders and settlers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, giving special attention to the evidence provided by archaeology and material culture, as well as historical sources.