This section is an attempt to explain some of the terms that appear in the time-line web-pages. This is currently just a place-holder.

Acre.

Anna Comnena.

Aragon.

Army of God and Holy Church.

Beaumaris Castle.

Bordeaux.

Bouillon.

Byzantines.

Cardinal Pelagius.

castle 'Atlit.

Castle of St. Peter at Bodrum.

Castle Pilgrim.

Castellan. A noble formally charged with maintaining and defending a castle.

Carlaverock.

Chastiau Pelerin.

Cinque Ports. The English "international airports" of the times, that is, they were ports engaged in "international" trade (the concept of the nation-state did not really exist at the time).

Constantinople.

Corfe Castle.

Cyprus.

Damieta.

Damietta Crusade.

Devon.

Domesday book.

Emperor Alexius.

Estore d'Eracles.

Falaise Roll.

Falkirk.

First Crusade.

Fifth Crusade.

Francis of Assisi.

Franks.

Frederic II.

Grand Master.

Grand Remonstrance of 1641.

Great Charter of 1215. The Magna Carta.

Greek fire.

Gregory IX.

Hide. A unit of land measurement, usually considered 120 acres. One has to be careful, since in early times the exact measurement of land was not considered important, but rather how hard it was to work. See Virgata.

Halicarnassus.

Holy Land.

Holy Roman Emperor.

Hospitallers.

Inner Temple.

John of Brienne.

King John.

King of Man.

Knights of Malta.

Little Armenia.

Lower Lorrain.

Llywelyn ab Gruffydd.

Magna Carta.

Middle Temple.

Montaigu-les-Bois.

Normans.

Order of St John.

Ordinances of 1311.

Ottoman Empire.

parish.

Pope Innocent.

Provisions of 1258-9.

Sixth Crusade.

Shepton-Montague.

Somerset.

Sultan of Iconium.

Sutton-Montague.

Stamford.

Tamurlane, Timur the Lame.

True Cross.

Virgata. A unit of land measurement, usually considered 30 acres, that is, 1/4 of a hide.

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