Communicating the Middle Ages Essays in Honour of Sophia Menache

This volume is a collection of nineteen original essays by leading specialists on the history, historiography and memory of the Crusades, the social and cultural aspects of life in the Latin East, as well as the military orders and inter-religious relations in the Middle Ages. Intended to appeal to scholars and students alike, the volume honours Professor Sophia Menache of the Department of History, University of Haifa, Israel. The contributions reflect the richness of Professor Menache's research interests - medieval communications, the Church and the Papacy in the central and later Middle Ages, the Crusades and the military orders, as well as the memory and historiography of the Crusades.

Contents List of Figures List of Contributors Sophia Menache: An appreciation Iris Shagrir, Benjamin Z. Kedar and Michel Balard Preface Malcolm Barber Sophia Menache: List of Publications List of abbreviations I - The Military Orders "Blood-Brothers" in the Thirteenth-Century Latin East? The Mamluk Sultan Baybars and the Templar Matthew Sauvage Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton The Templars as Peacemongers Yvonne Friedman, Bar Ilan University On Hospitaller Initiatives in the Western Mediterranean, 1291-1307 Karl Borchardt, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Munich Othon de Grandson et les Templiers d’Épailly Alain Demurger, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Evidence of the Templars’ Religious Practice from the Records of the Templars’ Estates in Britain and Ireland in 1308 Helen J. Nicholson, University of Cardiff Economic, Social and Political Aspects of the Trade of the Teutonic Order in Prussia Roman Czaja, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun Written Communication in the Later Middle Ages – The Letter Registers of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia. Jürgen Sarnowsky, University of Hamburg II - The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Latin East Pisa and the Frankish States of the Levant in the Twelfth Century David Jacoby, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Urban Soundscape: Defining Space and Community in Twelfth-Century Jerusalem Iris Shagrir, The Open University of Israel Frankish Bathhouses. Balneum and furnus – A Functional dyad? Benjamin Z. Kedar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Some Evidence for Poverty in the Latin East Adrian J. Boas , University of Haifa A Rough Guide to the Holy Land: Pilgrims' Use of the Mount Zion Library in the Fifteenth Century Susan B. Edgington, Queen Mary University of London First Officer of the Crown of France and his Legacy in the Latin East: Imbert de Beaujeu Vardit Shotten-Hallel, Israel Antiquities Authority, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Genoese Expansion in the Middle Ages Michel Balard, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne III – Ideology, Propaganda and Communication The Ideology of Christian Expansion in Muslim Iberia: The "Book of Deeds," Bernat Desclot and the Conquest of Majorca Luis Garcia-Guijarro Ramos, University of Zaragoza Thomas Ebendorfer and Crusading Past and Present Norman Housley, University of Leicester Philip II and Antwerp: The Limits of Representation Teófilo F. Ruiz, University of California, Los Angeles The Contested Seed of Abraham Anna Sapir Abulafia, The University of Oxford Letters Home: British Crusaders in Flanders, France, Gallipoli and Palestine during World War I Elizabeth Siberry, Independent scholar, UK Index

Iris Shagrir is associate professor of Medieval History at the Open University of Israel. Her research focuses on crusade history, religious, cultural history of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, pilgrimage, liturgy in the Latin East and medieval anthroponymy and interreligious relations in the Middle Ages.. Benjamin Z. Kedar is professor emeritus of Medieval History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the founding and active editor of the journal Crusades. Formerly president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995–2002), chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2000–12) and vice-president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2010–15). Author of 40 books and 250 articles. Michel Balard is professor emeritus of Medieval History, University Paris 1 - Sorbonne, chairman of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (2001-2008), chairman of the Federation of the historical Societies of Paris and Ile-de-France (1999-to-day), author of 43 books and 280 articles.