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On the Role of Roman law in the Crusader States. Allocation of Risk and the Ransom of Captives

In his autobiographic recollections, gathered in his Kitab al-I‘tibar, Usama ibn Munqid also related his encounters with crusaders. In an episode from Kitab al-I‘tibar he described the ransom of captives from Frankish warrior William Jiba in Acre. In their dealings with regard to one particular woman William demanded the ransom to be paid in a situation and manner that seems to be in accordance with the Roman legal rule periculum est emptoris. In this article it is elaborated on this legal rule of risk allocation in order to evaluate more generally the role and use of Roman law in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Roman law ; Crusades ; periculum ; sale ; captives ; ransom

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