"Military Orders first became central to European life in the 1130s and, despite the suppression of the Templars in 1312, remained so until Napoleon seized Malta from the Hospitallers in 1798. Even then, the spirit had not died, for hospitaller organisations based upon the origi…
"Military Orders first became central to European life in the 1130s and, despite the suppression of the Templars in 1312, remained so until Napoleon seized Malta from the Hospitallers in 1798. Even then, the spirit had not died, for hospitaller organisations based upon the origi…
"Military Orders first became central to European life in the 1130s and, despite the suppression of the Templars in 1312, remained so until Napoleon seized Malta from the Hospitallers in 1798. Even then, the spirit had not died, for hospitaller organisations based upon the origi…
This volume celebrates Peter Edbury's career by bringing together essays focusing on his major research interests; the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his chronicle; medieval Cyprus; and the Military Orders in the Middle Ages. All based on origi…
"This is a collection in modern English of some of the key texts describing Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187 and the third Crusade which was Christendom's response. The greater part of this book comprises a rendering of the 1184-97 section of the Old French Contin…
A collection in modern English of some of the key texts describing Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187 and the Third Crusade. The greater part of the book renders the 1184-97 section of the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre, followed by a selection of texts …
"This is a collection in modern English of some of the key texts describing Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in October 1187 and the third Crusade which was Christendom's response. The greater part of this book comprises a rendering of the 1184-97 section of the Old French Contin…