The French of Outremer: Communities and Communications in the Crusading Mediterranean

The establishment of feudal principalities in the Levant in the wake of the First Crusade (1095-1099) saw the beginning of a centuries-long process of conquest and colonization of lands in the eastern Mediterranean by French-speaking Europeans. This book examines different aspects of the life and literary culture associated with this French-speaking society. It is the first study of the crusades to bring questions of language and culture so intimately...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823278166
• ISBN13: 9780823278169
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"