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[[Image:Near East 1135.svg|thumb|right|The Near East in 1135, with the Crusader states of Outremer marked with red crosses.]] |
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'''''Outremer''''' ({{lang-fr|outre-mer}}) for "overseas", was a general name given to the [[Crusader states]] established after the [[First Crusade]]: the [[County of Edessa]], the [[Principality of Antioch]], the [[County of Tripoli]] and especially the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. The name was often equated to the [[Levant]] of Renaissance. |
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The term was, in general, used to refer to any land "overseas"; for example, [[Louis IV of France]] was called "Louis d'Outremer" as he was raised in [[England]]. |
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== Present-day use == |
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The modern term ''outre-mer'', spelled with a hyphen and equally meaning "overseas", is notably used for the [[overseas departments and territories of France]] (In [[French language|French]]: ''Départements d'outre-mer – Territoires d'outre-mer'' or ''DOM – TOM'', collectively ''Pays et territoires d'outre-mer'' (PTOM)). |
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== Cultural impact == |
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[[Image:Reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem.jpg|thumb|left|Illustration from the [[Old French]] translation of [[William of Tyre|Guillaume de Tyr]]'s ''Histoire d'Outremer'']] |
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The author [[Chaz Brenchley]] set his series ''The Books of Outremer'' in an [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate universe]] version of this region. |
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A kingdom of French refugees bears the name of France-Outre-Mer in [[S. M. Stirling]]'s book ''[[The Peshawar Lancers]]''. |
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[[Judith Tarr]]'s [[Alamut_series|Alamut series of books]] are set in Outremer, mostly in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the city of [[Acre,_Israel|Acre]]. |
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[[Robert E. Howard]]'s stories of [[Cormac Fitzgeoffrey]] take place in Outremer and environs. |
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== Literature == |
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* [[David Nicolle]]: ''Knight of Outremer 1187-1344 AD'', Warrior No. 18. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2003. ISBN 1-85532-555-1. |
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* [[Robert E. Howard]]: ''Hawks of Outremer'', Donald M. Grant, Publisher, West Kingston, Rhode Island 1979. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Holy Land]] |
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* [[Timeline of the name "Palestine"]] |
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== References == |
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* {{Cite book|author=Helen Nicholson|date=2004|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing ltd.]]|isbn=1-84176-670-4|title=''Knight Templar (1120-1312)''}} |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.fordham.edu/frenchofoutremer The French of Outremer] |
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{{Crusader States}} |
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[[Category:Crusader states]] |
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[[Category:Christian terms]] |
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