Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the Use of Place Names and Numbering -- Introduction -- A: Occident Meets Orient -- B: Misconceptions and Generalizations -- C: Archaeological Research -- Chapter One Domus and Dār: Architectural Sources and Influences on the Frankish House -- A: Contemporary Houses in the West -- B: Contemporary Houses in the Byzantine Empire -- C: Contemporary Houses in the Levant -- Chapter Two Domestic Construction -- A: Architectural Style -- B: Building Materials -- C: Building Technology -- D: Building Tools, Equipment and Machinery -- E: Decoration -- Chapter Three Domestic Designs -- A: Urban Housing -- B: Rural Housing -- Chapter Four Living Rooms and Bedrooms -- A: Halls and Solars -- B: Communal Dormitory -- Chapter Five Kitchens, Dining Space and Food -- A: The Kitchen -- B: Cooking -- C: Bakeries -- D: Dining Space in Private Houses and in the Communal Refectories -- E: Food and Diet -- F: Making, Storing and Drinking Wine -- G: Food in the Houses of the Military Orders -- H: Eating Utensils -- Chapter Six Domestic Work and Workspace -- A: Shops and Workshops -- B: Industries -- C: Butchers and Fishmongers -- D: Flour Mills and Bakeries -- Chapter Seven Furniture and Household Installations -- A: Household Furniture -- B: Heating Installations: Fireplaces, Chimneys and Chimney Pieces -- C: Artificial Illumination -- D: Private Water Supply -- E: Laundering and Latrines -- F: Drainage -- Chapter Eight Communal Institutions of Domestic Life -- A: Public Water Supply -- B: Bathhouse and Bathing in Frankish Society -- C: Fountains -- D: Urban Sewage Systems -- Chapter Nine Storage Space, Stables and Shelters for Livestock -- A: Storage Space -- B: Stables and Byres -- Chapter Ten Courtyards and Gardens -- A: Courtyards -- B: Gardens.

Chapter Eleven Non-Frankish Housing in the Latin East -- Chapter Twelve Urban Neighbourhoods and Streets -- Chapter Thirteen Living Conditions in Frankish Cities: Overcrowding and Pollution -- Chapter Fourteen Property Values and the Cost of Housing in the Latin East -- Chapter Fifteen Conclusions -- Appendix One A Typology of Frankish Houses in the Latin East -- Appendix Two Gazetteer of Archaeologically Recorded Domestic Sites in the Latin East -- A: Town Houses -- B: Village Houses -- C: Manor Houses and Farms -- Appendix Three Table 13: Analyses of Plaster and Mortar from Frankish Sites -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.