The paper presents, connects, and analyses the historiographical and documentary sources in Syriac that described the city walls and the citadels of Edessa from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Particular attention is paid to the floods that destroyed part of the walls in Late Antiquity and to the role the citadels played during the Crusades.

“The Citadel and the City Walls in the Syriac Sources”

Fiori Emiliano Bronislaw
2021-01-01

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The paper presents, connects, and analyses the historiographical and documentary sources in Syriac that described the city walls and the citadels of Edessa from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Particular attention is paid to the floods that destroyed part of the walls in Late Antiquity and to the role the citadels played during the Crusades.
2021
From Edessa to Urfa: the Fortification of the Citadel
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