The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, C.1070-1309

by Jonathan Riley-Smith

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349331627
• ISBN13: 9781349331628
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"