Charter diplomatics and norms of landholding and lordship between the Humber and Forth, c.1066-c.1250
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Pragmatic literacy, east and west, 1200-1330
Part 1 Latin Christendom: pragmatic literacy in Latin Christendom, Richard Britnell the development of pragmatic literacy in the Lombard city communes, Thomas Behrmann sources in local town archives for the legal, social and economic history of Catalonia, c 1220-1330, Manuel Riu French manuscript sources 1250-1330, Oliver Guyotjeannin non-literary sources in the B Series of the Archives Department of Lille for the period 1250-1330, Gerard Sivery civic record-keeping in Cologne 1250-1330, Manfred Groten the records of Luebeck and Hamburg, c 1250-1330, Michael North English government records 1250-1330, Michael Prestwich English estate records 1250-1330, Paul Harvey English town records 1250-1330, Geoffrey Martin the pattern of non-literary manuscript production and survival in Scotland 1250-1330, Geoffrey Barrow universis Christi fidelibus - the Church and its records, Robert Swanson. Part 2 The rest of the world: pragmatic literacy beyond Latin Christendom, Richard Britnell Byzantine archives of the Palaiologan period 1258-1453, Nicolas Oikonomides records of the Turkish Anatolian states, c 1250-1330, Elizabeth Zachariadou records of the sultanate of Delhi 1206-1330, Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui records and record-keeping in Yuan China, Richard Britnell native identity under alien rule - local gazetteers of the Yuan dynasty, Timothy Brook the formalization of testimonials of valour in medieval Japan, Yoshiyasu Kawane.
The Mound on the Mount: A Possible Solution to the Problem with Jerusalem
Following Knauf's suggestion (2000), the article raises the possibility that in most periods in the second and first millennia BCE the main built-up area of Jerusalem was limited to a mound on the Temple Mount. This mound, which may have covered an area of five hectares and more, was boxed-in under the Herodian platform. At these periods activity in the City of David ridge was restricted to the area near the Gihon spring. In the Iron IIB and late Hellenistic Periods the fortified settlement expanded simultaneously to both the City of David ridge and the southwestern hill. In these two periods there was no need to fortify the western side of the City of David, as this line ran in the middle of the city.