Acre and Its Falls: Studies in the History of a Crusader City

230 Pages·2018·2.411 MB·English

by  John France (ed.)

Acre and Its Falls
History of Warfare
Editors
Kelly DeVries (Loyola University Maryland)
John France (University of Wales, Swansea)
Michael S. Neiberg (United States Army War College, Pennsylvania)
Frederick Schneid (High Point University, North Carolina)
VOLUME 116
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Tau Cross from the Great Hall at Montfort (photograph by A.J. Boas)
Acre and Its Falls
Studies in the History of a Crusader City
Edited by
John France
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Cover illustration: Acre. An old Khan. Possibly reconstructed from Roman times. Call Number: LC-M33-
3543 [P&P], Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., G. Eric and
Edith Matson Photograph Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010000896/PP/ (accessed
15 December 2017).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: France, John, editor.
Title: Acre and its falls : studies in the history of a Crusader City / 
   edited by John France.
Description: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, 2018. | Series: History of warfare, 
   ISSN 1385-7827 ; volume 116 | Includes bibliographical references and 
   index. 
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010370 (print) | LCCN 2018010957 (ebook) | ISBN 
   9789004349599 (E-book) | ISBN 9789004349056 (Hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Crusades. | Acre (Israel)--History, Military. | Acre 
   (Israel)--History.
Classification: LCC D195.A374 (ebook) | LCC D195.A374 A3 2018 (print) | DDC 
   956.94/5--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010370
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issn 1385-7827
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