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Turks. There were, however, two important factors which did not occur in European feudalism. Firstly, most of the peasants of Outremer, on whom the nobles depended, were not of the same race or religion as their new overlords; the Christians were outnnmbered by Moslems by about five to one within the boundaries of the kingdom. Fortunately for the Franks, the population was not on the whole of a martial naturę; some were Greek Orthodox Christians, and served the kingdom willingly. Therefore, so long as the Franks remained strong there was lit tle fear of an uprising; one did occur in

An illustration from the early i3th-century Maciejowski Bibie, showing the wide rangę of weapon and armour styles in use simultaneously. Here may be seen the simple cervelliere, kettle hat, conical helmet with nasal, and great hełm, all in use at the same period. Notę also the various styles of sword pommels. (The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York) the Mosiem areas after Flattin in 1187, and pre-cautions were always taken to control cities with large Mosiem populations when the garrisons had to be with the field army.

The second factor was the uniąue position of the Kingofjerusalem. The barons had arrived first in the fioły Fand, carving out their principalities and counties, and only then electing a king from amongst themselves. This restricted the power of thć king, with whom the barons ranked as equals. Theoretically the king had suzerainty over all the Frankish States and was entitled to demand the support of their troops, but in practice these ‘vassals’ could lawfully refuse to give military service if they thought the king was not keeping his oath to respect and maintain their independent rights. Also, the great principalities of Antioch and Tripoli were not part of the kingdom and owed the