Benjamin Ze'ev Kedar is an Israeli historian, professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the L
Professor Benjamin Z. Kedar
Kedar (standing 3rd from left) with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin along with current and former presidents of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities established in the Levant region and southeastern Anatolia from 1098 to 1291. Following the principles of feudalism, the foundation for th
Benjamin Z. Kedar
…professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was president of the international Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (1995–2002), chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2000–12) and vice-president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities…
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest shrines of Christendom, in Jerusalem.
Godfrey of Bouillon during the siege of Jerusalem (from the 14th-century Roman de Godefroi de Bouillon)
Kings Louis VIII and Conrad III meet Queen Melisende and King Baldwin III at Acre from a 13th-century codex