IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1023: Frontier Relationships in Outremer

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades
Organiser:	Hannah MacKenzie, Institute for Medieval Studies University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:	Hannah MacKenzie, Institute for Medieval Studies University of Leeds
Paper 1023-a	Marking Boundaries: The Case of the 'Jacobites' in Jerusalem in the 12th-13th Century (Language: English) Maria S. Thomas, Afdeling Kunst en Cultuur, Geschiedenis, Oudheid, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Index terms: Liturgy, Religious Life
Paper 1023-b	Divide and Conquer: The Legal Implications of Shared Munāṣafāt Lands between the Early Mamluks and Levantine Crusader States, 1250-1290 (Language: English) Amel Bensalim, Department of History, Princeton University Index terms: Administration, Crusades, Law
Paper 1023-c	Frontier Fortresses in Northern Syria (Language: English) Angus Stewart, School of History, University of St Andrews Index terms: Crusades, Military History
Abstract	The third panel in the strand of three panels organised by the Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades focuses on frontier relationships in Outremer. Maria S. Thomas will give the first paper, which will focus on the relationship between the Franks and the cultural groups they came in contact with between 1100 and 1200. The second paper, from Amel Bensalim, examines frontier relationships between the Latin Christians and the Mamluks by exploring the management of shared 'Munāṣafāt' lands. The final paper, to be delivered by Angus Stewart, pushes beyond Outremer to the East and investigates the role of the fortresses maintained by the Mamluk sultans of Cairo on the northern Syrian frontier.