CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Borbás, Benjámin |
|---|---|
| Title | Was There a Custom of Distributing the Booty in the Crusades of the Thirteenth Century? |
| Summary | This paper summarizes a completely new research on the custom of distributing spoils of war amongst participants during military undertakings in the Holy Land. The investigation is concentrating on the Fifth (1217–1221) and the Seventh crusades (1248–1254) of the thirteenth century. A written acknowledgment recording an agreement between John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem and the Teutonic Knights right after the capture of Damietta (1219) during the Fifth Crusade is the starting point. I will focus on answering whether this acknowledgement recorded an unordinary agreement between the king of Jerusalem and the Order (with the booty being divided fifty-fifty between the two parties) or it fits into the already established customs and statutes in use? The document is compared with contemporary sources reporting undertakings where the Knights were concerned. I will argue that the military strength of a military order and power relations between parties participating in military campaigns can be studied through their sharing in spoils of war. |
| Supervisor | Nagy, Balázs; Laszlovszky, József |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/borbas_benjamin.pdf |
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