The coins of Prince Roger of Antioch (1112–19): Power, interculturality, and crusade memory in the Latin East

Buck, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1191-0723 2024. The coins of Prince Roger of Antioch (1112–19): Power, interculturality, and crusade memory in the Latin East. Medieval Encounters

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Abstract

This article offers an investigation into the nature of power in the early crusader states through a detailed discussion of the coins of Prince Roger of Antioch (r. 1112–19). By examining the three coin types issued by this prince over a period of only six years, a deeper understanding is provided of how the Latin principality and its rulers handled the complex succession crisis created by the departure of its founder, Bohemond of Taranto, and the existence of a child heir in the Latin West. More than this, though, it is argued that these coins reveal the pressures relating to the fragile, nascent, intercultural nature of the Latin East, and how this created the opportunity and need for responsive approaches to power, as well as experimentation with forms of visual culture and the transmission of crusade memory.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers
ISSN:	1380-7854
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	28 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	17 November 2024
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2024 12:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/174044

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