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Defenders of the Holy Land:
Relations Between the Latin East and the West, 1119-1187Jonathon
P Phillips
Clarendon Press, 1996, 314pp
ISBN: 0198205406
List price: $74.00, £40.00
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The triumph of the First Crusade (1095-1099) led to the establishment of a Latin
Christian community in the Levant. Remarkably, despite growing pressure from the
neighbouring Muslim powers, and the failure of the Second Crusade (1145-49), the settlers
were able to occupy Jerusalem and substantial areas of what are now Israel, Syria and the
Lebanon for over three-quarters of a century. It was the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in
1187 which precipitated the Third Crusade dominated by Richard the Lionheart. This is the
first systematic investigation of the settlers' attempts to seek support for their vital
role as defenders of the Holy Land. Jonathan Phillips draws together a disparate range of
evidence to show how they turned to western Europe, and to a lesser extent Byzantium, for
help. As attitudes and strategies evolved, the settlers' approach became increasingly
sophisticated, peaking during the reign of King Amalric of Jerusalem (1163-1174), when
diplomatic activity was particularly intense. The author also investigates the attitude of
King Henry II of England towards the crusades, and the effects of the Becket dispute on
western responses to the needs of the Holy Land. In this fascinating and original study,
Jonathan Phillips demonstrates that contact between the Latin East and the West was far
more complex than previously believed, and exposes for the first time, the range and scale
of the settlers' efforts to maintain Christian control of the Holy Land. |
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