Early Middle Ages and Crusades
Communities dispersed or ransomed during the establishment of the Latin kingdom; survivors flow back toward Egypt and Tyre
1100-1101·Ramla, Jaffa, Ascalon
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The establishment of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem dismantled one by one the communities of the coastal plain. Those of Ramla, Jaffa, and Ascalon were dispersed, and the survivors were ransomed by their conquerors as well as by those who organized their redemption.
The letters of the Cairo Genizah follow these months almost week by week: lists of captives, appeals for funds addressed to the communities of Egypt, negotiations to ransom also the holy books taken away by the Franks. The refugees fell back toward Tyr, still Muslim, and toward Egypt, where many remained.
- Period :
- Early Middle Ages and Crusades
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Land of Israel
- Country :
- Terre d'Israël
Documents de la Geniza du Caire ; Guillaume de Tyr, Chronique ; Ibn al-Qalanisi.