IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1105: Strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Crusades
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Canadian Society for Crusading Studies |
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Organiser: | Michael S. Fulton, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | Thomas William Smith, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1105-a | The Strategy of Destruction: The Dismantling of Montfort Castle (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Crusades, Military History |
Paper 1105-b | The Sicilian Expedition of 1174 and Saladin's Position in Egypt (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Military History |
Paper 1105-c | Repression in the Crusader States: 1100-1187 - Strategy or Fantasy? (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Daily Life, Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History |
Abstract | With the context of the crusades as its backdrop, this panel will explore the theme of strategy in three different ways. Adrian Boas will examine the strategic aims and approaches employed by the Mamluks when slighting Montfort Castle in 1271. Michael Fulton will examine the Norman-Sicilian campaign against Alexandria in 1174, specifically the strategy of the attacking Normans and Saladin's propagandists after the attack. Steve Tibble will then tackle the question of whether the Franks of the kingdom of Jerusalem developed and implemented a strategy of repression against the local population of Palestine in the 12th century. |