Belvoir through textual sources by Hervé Barbé

“…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…”
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Le Temple, le Portugal et l’Orient latin by Philippe Josserand

“…Even among specialists, it is still admitted that the Portuguese province of the order, by benefiting from a gradual autonomy, would have known a definitive estrangement from the Holy Land at the end of the thirteenth century. To challenge this preconceived idea, it is used in this paper an unpublished document kept in the Archivo de la Corona de Aragón which, in 1282, implicates Lourenço Martins, lieutenant of the provincial master of Portugal, in a Mediterranean transport from Barcelona to Acre. …”
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RUSSIAN EMBASSY CHURCHES AND PRIEST DURING THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS I by E. P. Koudryavtseva

“…The theme of clerics’ membership in Russian embassies has never been studied before (except for few works concerning Russian clergy in the Holy Land). The large scale of materials that shows an important role of embassy clerics make it possible to significantly broaden the study of the activity of the Russian representational offices.…”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…They are connected with changes in the Church's life after the announcing of Dictatus papae, also with changes in the world outlook and events in the Holy Land, which led to the beginning of the Crusades. …”
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ON THE SPECIFICS OF TEACHING, SCHOOLS AND INTELLECTUAL CENTERS OF PALESTINE OF LATE ANTIQUITY by Zhanna M. Sukhova, Irina Yu. Vashcheva

“…This image is quite different from the information that could be found in biographies and teachings of the ascetics of the Holy Land. The people of Palestine could choose different methods and teaching styles. …”
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