Templars and Hospitallers as Professed Religious in the Holy Land

by Jonathan Riley-Smith

Book Overview

In this book, Jonathan Riley-Smith provides an approachable and expert introduction to the two most famous and most active military orders, the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller, and their activities in the Levant. It is a first-rate study, energetically and engagingly written by the world's most accomplished historian of the crusades. --Thomas Madden, St. Louis University

The image of the military orders is mostly dominated by their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268040583
• ISBN13: 9780268040581
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"