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The Knights Hospitaller : a military history of the Knights of St John /
The Knights of St John evolved during the Crusades from a monastic order providing hostels for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The need to provide armed escorts to the pilgrims began their transformation into a Military Order. Their fervour and discipline made them an elite component of m...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
2016.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Unfinished business
- Birth of a military order
- Europe and the Middle East in the twelfth century
- Gaining experience
- The horns of blood
- 'In Vi Sancti Spiritus'
- Exodus
- Back to square one
- Rhodes : the good years
- Rhodes : the sieges
- The order in Europe
- Malta and Lepanto
- The navy of the religion
- The price of Louis' head
- Swords into ploughshares
- Back to the wars
- Epilogue.