Monarchy and Lordships in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099-1291

This study of the relationship between monarchy and nobility in the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem argues that the power of the seigneuries has been much overstated, and the monarchy exercised far more control over the baronage and feudal structure than has hitherto been recognized. Using contemporary sources, especially the chronicles of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Steven Tibble studies the relationship between monarchy and nobility in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. He argues that the relative power of the seigneuries has been substantially overstated, and that the monarch exercised far more control over the baronage and feudal structure, particularly in the twelfth century, than has hitherto been recognized.