Geography and Economy of Outremer Flashcards
Place: Edessa -
What were most of the population?
When was a regent needed?
When was the county sold to the Byzantines?
Armenian Eastern Christians
1104: Battle of Harran meant King Baldwin II captured and Tancred became regent
1150, by Baldwin III’s wife Beatrice
Place: Antioch -
What was unique about Antioch?
What sort of help did Antioch get?
What was the effect of the loss of Latakia?
It was a principality, with princes not holding title from the King of J.
Intervention from J. for succession (KoJ Fulk made Raymond of Poitiers prince by marriage) and regency (KoJ Baldwin II, as Bohemond I died, his son B II too young)
Antioch was now physically separated from its Frankish neighbours
Place: Tripoli -
When was Tripoli captured?
Why did Tripoli need help in 1164?
What were the military orders given?
1109
Raymond III, Count of Tripoli imprisoned in Damascus in 1164, Amalric became regent
Hospitallers given castles and territory in 1144 and 1177, Templars in 1167
Development: Settlement -
Where could settlers trade with Muslims?
How many colonial settlements were there?
How many lived within the city of J.?
Acre and Tyre
200
20,000
