Description Includes pictures Profiles the various defensive features of castles and the technologies and weapons used by the sides attacking and defending them Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading A series of mountain chains frame the Levantine coast, growing in height as they approach modern-day Lebanon.
These provided a natural defense along the important coast, and the few passes through these mountain ranges were the focal points of movement and communication.
For this reason, these locations were where many crusader castles were erected.
Bristling with fortifications, these impressive structures were occupied by orders of knights that came to the Holy Land with the Pope's blessing, and who have gained a most romantic status over history.
These Crusaders were called al-Faranj (Franks) by the Arabs in the Holy Land, reflecting the French origins of many of the knights, even though the knights, soldiers, and pilgrims came to the Holy Land from all over Europe, and in particular from southern Italy, Germany, and England.
For the men who built and manned these castles, they were much more than buildings surrounded by stone walls or wooden palisades.
They were also more than a headquarters for knights and their armies during battle, or a storehouse for goods in the remoteness of the Levant.
These castles were the central focal point for those who held them and those trying to conquer them, and it would not be an exaggeration to claim that castles were the nexus for much activity and conflict within the Holy Lands.
At the same time, the castles were filled with the hustle and bustle of activity caused by a wide range of actors even in times of relative peace and stability.
Men-at-arms were the soldiers who manned the castle, protected the borders of the Crusader States, and followed the orders of their noble knight lords, but the castles also served as a gathering place for skilled craftsmen such as blacksmiths, potters, stone masons, bak.
Platforma de publicare independentă CreateSpace a fost un serviciu de autopublicare pentru autori independenți, cunoscut în primul rând pentru că îi ajută pe autori să publice și să distribuie cărți tipărite la cerere.
CreateSpace și-a schimbat serviciile la Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).
CreateSpace și KDP fac ambele parte din platformele de autopublicare ale Amazon, iar autorii pot folosi KDP pentru a publica și distribui atât cărți electronice, cât și cărți tipărite.
Prin KDP, autorii își pot crea, publica și distribui cărțile la nivel global, ajungând la cititori prin rețeaua vastă a Amazon.
Dacă sunteți autor sau aspiră să publice o carte, poate doriți să explorați Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) pentru nevoile dvs.
de autopublicare.
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Crusader castles: the history of the medieval castles built in the holy lands during the crusades, paperback/charles river editors
