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The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c.1070-1309
Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith
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Description for The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c.1070-1309
Hardback. A detailed study of this famed religious-military order, written by the world's pre-eminent Crusades historian, and focusing on the years between the First Crusade and the Knights' conquest of Malta. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 682.
As one of the greatest of the military orders that were generated in the Church, the Order of the Hospital of St John was a major landowner and a significant political presence in most European states. It was also a leading player in the settlements established in the Levant in the wake of the crusades. It survives today. In this source-based and up-to-date account of its activities and internal history in the first two centuries of its existence, attention is particularly paid to the lives of the brothers and sisters who made up its membership and were professed religious. Themes ... Read more
As one of the greatest of the military orders that were generated in the Church, the Order of the Hospital of St John was a major landowner and a significant political presence in most European states. It was also a leading player in the settlements established in the Levant in the wake of the crusades. It survives today. In this source-based and up-to-date account of its activities and internal history in the first two centuries of its existence, attention is particularly paid to the lives of the brothers and sisters who made up its membership and were professed religious. Themes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
682g
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230290839
SKU
V9780230290839
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About Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith
JONATHAN RILEY-SMITH'S first university post was in the Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In 1972 he returned to the Faculty of History in the University of Cambridge before being appointed Professor of History at Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1978. From 1994 to 2005 he was Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in ... Read more
Reviews for The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c.1070-1309
'I think this is an excellently clear book and results from an original vision of the subject; it will obviously be the new standard work' - Dr Anthony Luttrell, Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway College '...impressive and substantial...' - Robert Irwin, Literary Review