The Eastern Mediterranean Frontier of Latin Christendom

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Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements General Editors' Preface Introduction Bibliography PART ONE – TRAVEL, TRADE, AND ECONOMY 1 Coastal Shipping and Navigation in the Mediterranean 2 The Geographical Conditions of Galley Navigation in the Mediterranean 3 Byzantine Crete in the Navigation and Trade Networks of Venice and Genoa PART TWO – MIGRATION AND COLONIZATION 4 The Venetians in the Black Sea: A General Survey 5 Italian Migration and Settlement in Latin Greece: The Impact on the Economy 6 The Genoese in the Aegean (1204–1566) 7 Cyprus and the Beginnings of Modern Sugar Cane Plantations and Plantation Slavery PART THREE – THE CRUSADES AND THE CHRISTIAN EAST 8 The Impact of the Crusades on Eastern Christianity 9 The Armenian Church and the Papacy at the Time of the Crusades 10 The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa: Apocalypse, the First Crusade and the Armenian Diaspora 11 Colonization and the Creation of Hospitals: The Eastern Extension of Western Hospitality in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries PART FOUR – MILITARY ORDERS 12 The Emergence of the Military Order in the Twelfth Century 13 The Templars as Bankers and Monetary Transfers between West and East in the Twelfth Century 14 Military Orders and Crusader Politics in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century PART FIVE – CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS 15 The Near East on the Eve of the Crusades 16 The Impact of the Early Crusades on the Muslim World 17 The Crusaders through Muslim Eyes 18 Ethnic Identity in the Crusader States: The Prankish Race and the Settlement of Outremer 19 Latins, Muslims and Greeks in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem PART SIX: TRADE AND CRUSADE 20 Trade and Crusade, 1050–1250 21 An Economic Interpretation of the Medieval Crusades 22 Papal Attempts at a Commercial Boycott of the Muslims in the Crusader Period Index