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
Schlagworte:
Fortification > Turkey > Cilicia > History.
Military art and science > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Architecture, Armenian.
Turkey > Antiquities.
Cilicia > Antiquities.
Cilicia > History > Armenian Kingdom, 1080-1375.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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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