Belvoir through textual sources: Functions of a Frankish castle in the Holy Land

• Autores: Hervé Barré
• Localización: Medievalista, ISSN-e 1646-740X, Nº. 33, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: “O Castelo de Belvoir e a arquitectura fortificada da Ordem militar de São João”)
• Idioma: portugués
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  • Conceived as an introduction to the historical and archaeological study of the castle of Belvoir by a Franco-Israeli mission (2013-2020), this article succinctly presents the chronology of the site through textual sources before asking the question of the functions of a Frankish fortification in the Holy Land. If a military vocation of such a structure remains pertinent, so is the vocation of a center of power administering and managing a defined territory on which royalties were levied.