Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

A special issue of eight original essays on the liturgy celebrated in the Latin East in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The papers as a whole demonstrate how the study of the liturgy can open up the religious and cultural history of the crusades and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, reveal crusade spirituality and practice, and trace how the Latins of Outremer expressed through their liturgy their historical consciousness and awareness of contemporary realities.
The Journal of Medieval History 43/4, Guest Editors: Iris Shagrir and Cecilia Gaposchkin

Nel 1847, quando con la bolla Nulla celebrior papa Pio IX ripristinò a Gerusalemme la sede del Patriarcato Latino (declassato a patriarcato titolare dal 1295), venne a cessare una sorta di monopolio spirituale. Dalla prima metà del Trecento i francescani erano infatti i soli membri della Chiesa Romana ai quali i Mamelucchi avevano consentito di risiedere stabilmente in Terrasanta; e in virtù di questa prerogativa svolsero per secoli un ruolo fondamentale. Unici intermediari tra i pellegrini “franchi” (cioè occidentali) e il sacro, i frati rifondarono la memoria dei luoghi santi palestinesi, che si sarebbe diffusa attraverso i resoconti di pellegrinaggio tre- e quattrocenteschi nella letteratura, nell’iconografia e nell’architettura europee. Sotto la dominazione mamelucca, che si sarebbe conclusa nel 1517, i francescani furono anche involontarie pedine dei conflitti tra le potenze occidentali e il sultano per il controllo del mercato europeo delle spezie. Sulla base di un ampissimo corpus di testi, il lavoro di Saletti ripercorre (in qualche caso, ridisegna) le alterne vicende della Custodia di Terra Santa dalla fondazione alla conquista ottomana del vicino Oriente.

BEATRICE SALETTI, già ricercatrice presso l'Università telematica eCampus e dottore di ricerca in " Storia dei centri, delle vie e della cultura dei pellegrinaggi nel Medioevo " a Lecce, è attualmente dottoranda in storia medievale (interateneo Trieste-Udine). Tra i suoi lavori, le edizioni, con introduzione e commento continuo, del Viagio del Sancto Sepolcro facto per lo illustro misere Milliaduxe estense (ISIME, 2009) e – con Fabio Romanini – di due guide crociate della Terrasanta in anglo-normanno, i Pelrinages communes e i Pardouns de Acre (libreriauniversitaria.it, 2012). Ha pubblicato inoltre Luoghi di culto della Traspadana ferrarese. Attraverso le visite pastorali e il carteggio del vescovo Leni, 1611-1627 (Comunicarte, 2002) e (sempre per libreriauniversitaria.it, 2015) La successione di Leonello d'Este e altri studi sul Quattrocento ferrarese.

Jerusalem is probably the most politically sensitive site in the world, so much so that even an archaeological excavation can become the focus of a discussion in the UN Security Council.

This was not always the case.

Jerusalem's began as a tiny and remote village on a low hill near the Gihon spring. From there history took over in a unique fashion, changing and molding the city, each time bringing a little closer to the unique status it eventually possessed.  It was a small town  in the Bronze Age, became a regional capital in the time of David, grew with the construction of Temple, originally local and regional, and survived the military challenges of the campaign of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, which greatly boosted its religious glory. It was devastated by the Neo-Babylonian army, but by this time its status as a holy city was well-established and from its ashes, the city was restored during the Return to Zion. The Temple was built anew and expanded during Second Temple Period times. It was the city of Jesus, and early Christianity, becoming holy to both Jew and Christian. It became Muslim and was at the heart of fierce battles between Muslim and Christians at the time of the Crusades, which greatly increased its importance. Finally, its establishment as the capital of the modern State of Israel and the on-going developments ever since brought it again to the center of world attention.
As a city that is sacred to all three monotheistic religions, Jerusalem had received much scholarly attention. Still, a growing rate of research and the hundreds of excavations that were carried out in its over the last two decades have significantly changed our understanding of its history in some periods. As a result of the new discoveries, most of the older books are obsolete, and there is no up-to-date book that tells the history of the city.
We seek to fix this. We bring to the readers an updated summary of the history of the city, incorporating the most recent discoveries and scholarly debates, and we do so in a popular and readable manner. Jerusalem: From its Beginning to the Ottoman Conquest presents the history of the city from its beginning to the end of the Mamluk period, while referring to the most recent findings and through the use of many maps and illustrations.

séminaire "Economie, société et culture"
séance "Inventer la représentation d'un nouveau pouvoir"
Hayet Amamou (Université de Tunis): La représentation du pouvoir omeyade : le premier calife omeyade Mu’âwiya
Camille Rouxpetel (Université de Nantes – CRHIA): Comment rendre indigène un pouvoir exogène ? Inventer la représentation du pouvoir dans le premier royaume de Jérusalem
lundi 23 mars 2020, 14h-17h
Aix-en-Provence, MMSH, salle Georges Duby