Archaeology and the Crusades: Proceedings of the Round Table, Nicosia, 1st February 2005

by Peter W. Edbury, Sophia Kalopissi-verti

This book is made up of seven papers that were delivered at a Round Table in Nicosia in February 2005. All the papers describe recent archaeological work relating to the crusades in the eastern Mediterranean during the 12th-15th centuries and discuss the contribution that archaeology can make to the study of the crusades. The symposium and lecture coincided with the exhibition Myth and Realities which was then on display at the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre. Both the Round Table and the exhibition were organised within the framework of the programme Movements of People and Movement of Cultures - Changes in the Mediterranean from Ancient to Modern Times , a project that had been initiated by the Pierides Foundation and supported by the European Union's Culture 2000 programme.

226 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

A specialist on the history of the Crusades and the crusader regimes in Syria, Cyprus and the Holy Land, author of John of Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Boydell, 1997) and The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191-1374 (C.U.P., 1991) and joint author of William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East (C.U.P., 1988).

His edition of Le Livre des Assises by John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon, was published by Brill in September 2003, and his edition of Philip of Novara’s Livre de Forme de Plait is expected at the end of 2009. He is curently engaged on an ARHC-funded project to re-edit the Old French Continuations William of Tyre.