Medieval fortifications in Cilicia : the Armenian contribution to military architecture in the Middle Ages

Parallelsachtitel: Armenian contribution to military architecture in the Middle Ages
1. Verfasser: Vandekerckhove, Dweezil, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020].
Umfang/Format: xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Schriftenreihe: History of Warfare volume 128
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-263) and index. 
505 0 |a Sources and Historiography -- Historiography: The Discovery of Armenian Cilicia -- Sources -- The Armenian Sources -- The Syrian Sources -- The Greek Sources -- The Latin and Frankish Sources -- The Arabic Sources -- Archaeological Research -- Historical Outline of Cilicia (969-1375) -- The Geography of the Armenian Kingdom -- Cilicia Trachea (or Rough Cilicia) -- Cilicia Pedias -- Rubenid and Hetʻumid Region in the Taurus Mountains -- Amanus Region -- Armenian Settlement (969-1097) -- From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean Sea -- The Establishment of Armenian Baronies in the Eastern Mediterranean Coastlands -- The Origin of the Hetumids and Rubenidsin Cilicia -- Norman Cilicia (1097-1112) -- The Arrival of the First Crusadein Cilicia (August-September 1097) -- A Multitude of Rulers: Hetʻumids, Rubenids, Franks, and Seljuks in the Cilician Plain (September-October1097) -- Tancred,Norman Master of Cilicia (1097-1099) -- The Second Norman Conquest of Cilicia and the Battle of Harran (1101-1104) -- The Expansion of the Principality of Antioch and the Treaty of Devol (1106-1112) -- Towards an Armenian Kingdom (1112-1198) -- Komnenian Intervention (1081-1143) -- The Rise of the Rubenids(1143-1188) -- From Baron to King -- The Armenian Kingdom (1198-1375) -- Levon and the Role of the Military Orders -- Hetʻum I (r. 1226-1269) -- From the Rise of the Mamluks to the Fall of the Armenian Kingdom (1269-1375) -- Fortifications andGeography -- Fortifications in Their Historical Landscape -- Cilicia: Crossroads between the West and East -- Settlement Patternsin Byzantine Cilicia (450-650) -- Cilicia on the Islamic-Byzantinefrontier: The Construction of the Frontier or al-thughūr -- Cilicia on the Islamic-Byzantine Frontier: A Process of Incastellamento or Kastroktisia -- Byzantine Skirmishing Tacticsin the Taurus Region (650-950) -- Process of Incastellamento or Kastroktisia -- Phrouria, Aplèkta, Kastra, and Kataphygia -- Arab Occupation of the Cilician Plain and Amanus Mountains (650-950) -- Byzantine Re-conquest and Construction of Fortifications -- Strategy and the Spatial Distribution of Fortifications -- General Principles -- A Google Earth Analysis -- The Spatial Distribution of Fortifications -- Newly Built Constructions (1075-1350) -- Refortification and Occupation -- Land Routes, Rivers and Topography as Variablesfor the Distribution of Fortifications -- Cilicia Trachea -- Hetʻumid Region -- Cilicia Pedias -- Rubenid Region -- Amanus -- The Idea of Intervisibility -- Towards a More Dyanamic Model Cities -- The Hetʻumid and Rubenid Barony, Two Spheres of Influence, 1075-1198 -- The Armenian Kingdom, Tarsus and Sis (1198-1266) -- Fortifications and the Mamluk Threat (1266-1375) -- The Armenian Kingdom, Zones of Concentration (1198-1375) -- The Role of the Monasteries -- The Form and Functions of the Armenian Fortifications in Cilicia -- Byzantine, Arab and Crusader Inheritance -- The ByzantineInheritance -- The Arab Inheritance -- The Crusader Inheritance -- Principality of Antioch -- Hospitallers -- Teutonic Knights -- Templars -- Typology of Surviving Armenian Fortifications -- Raisons d'être and Functions -- A Typology for Medieval Fortifications in Cilicia -- Watch Posts -- Quadrangular Enclosure Castle with Projecting Towers (Forts, Quadriburgia,Castella, or Castra) -- Tower Keeps/Hall Houses -- Keep Tower and Bailey -- Castle without Enclosure -- Enclosure Castle -- Fortress/Citadel -- Sea Castle -- Rural Settlements with Fortifications -- Catalogue of Settlements -- Aladağ -- Andıl -- Babaoğlan -- Çem -- Fındıkpınar -- Oğlan (near Kızlar) -- Sinap (near Lampron) -- Vahga -- The Characteristics of Armenian Military Architecture -- The Influence of Byzantine Military Architecture -- Siting and Lay-out of Byzantine Fortifications -- Byzantine Masonry -- Byzantine Mural Towers -- Armenian Military Architecture -- Armenian Masonry -- Theoretical Background -- A Model for Armenian Masonry -- Gateways -- Posterns -- Design of Gateways -- Other Components of Armenian Fortifications -- Curtain Walls -- Battlements, Hoardings (bretêche/brattices), and Slit-Machicolation -- Arrow-Slits -- Round -and D-Shaped Towers. 
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650 0 |a Military art and science  |x History  |y Medieval, 500-1500. 
650 0 |a Architecture, Armenian. 
651 0 |a Turkey  |x Antiquities. 
651 0 |a Cilicia  |x Antiquities. 
651 0 |a Cilicia  |x History  |y Armenian Kingdom, 1080-1375. 
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