The Crusades and the Military Orders : Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin Christianity (Ceu Medievalia)

The Crusades and the Military Orders : Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin Christianity (Ceu Medievalia)

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 606 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9789639241428
  • DDC分類 909.07

Full Description


The 34 essays by specialists from 15 countries present various facets of the struggles waged for the possession of the Holy Land between the 10th and 13th centuries and of the activities of the military orders elsewhere in Europe (e.g. in the Baltics). The nearly 1700-item, 88-page bibliography is the most concise ever compiled. The illustrations and maps are another asset of the book. Proceedings of a conference on a theme, which is important for scholars of the middle ages, and appealing for the lay public, due to the mystical and romantic connotations of crusaders, templars and other actors of the middle ages.

Contents

Contents; Preface List of contributors List of illustrations Introduction Crusades and military orders: state of research Part 1 The crusades and the Latin east Part 2 The military orders and the Latin East Part 3 The crusades in central and east-central Europe Part 4 The military orders in central and east-central Europe Part 5 Military orders: structures and systems Part 6 The Baltic crusades and the military orders Bibliography Index