Croisades et Etats latins dOrient

This is the fourth selection of Jean Richards articles to be published by Variorum; like them, it brings together much widely scattered material. The first selection focuses on the crusading process - the conception and execution of a crusade, the motivation of its participants. The following one looks at the establishment of the crusaders in the East in the 12th-13th centuries, with particular studies on the social composition of their states and the setting up of a Latin Church in the Empire of Constantinople. The final articles deal with the period after the fall of Acre, with the attempted trade embargo of Egypt and the administrative structures of the kingdoms of Cyprus and Armenia and their diplomatic. Ceci est la quatrime slection darticles de Jean Richard que publie Variorum; ainsi que celles auxquelles elle vient sajouter, elle rassemble quantit de matriaux demeurs jusqualors trs parpills. La premire partie se concentre sur le processus de la croisade - sa conception, son excution et la motivation de ceux amens y participer. La partie suivante, laide dtudes spcifiques quant la composition de leurs tats respectifs ou la mise en place dune Eglise latine dans lempire de Constantinople, se rattache linstallation des croiss en Orient aux 12e et 13e sicles. Les derniers articles traitent de la priode qui a suivi la chute dAcre, avec la tentative dembargo commercial de lEgypte et les structures administratives des royaumes de Chypre et dArmnie et leur diplomatique.