The great religious orders of Christianity - the Benedictines, the Dominicans, the Franciscans and the Jesuits - are well known for their monasteries, their learning and their missions around the world. But in the Middle Ages, to some extent surviving to this day, there was another kind of religious order, one whose members' profession was to bear arms in defence of Christendom. From humble beginnings in the early 12th century, caring for the sick in the Holy Land and protecting pilgrims, the military religious orders ...
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The great religious orders of Christianity - the Benedictines, the Dominicans, the Franciscans and the Jesuits - are well known for their monasteries, their learning and their missions around the world. But in the Middle Ages, to some extent surviving to this day, there was another kind of religious order, one whose members' profession was to bear arms in defence of Christendom. From humble beginnings in the early 12th century, caring for the sick in the Holy Land and protecting pilgrims, the military religious orders spread out across Europe. Not only did they fight for the holy places, they helped push back Islam in Spain and what is now Portugal, and spread Christianity to the lands across the Baltic, then still pagan. The Knights of St John, the Knights Templar, the Knights of Santiago and of Calatrava, the Teutonic Knights and others played a fearsome, sometimes brutal and often neglected role in the history of Christianity. The wars, which they fought in the name of Christ, helped shape the world as we know it.
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Add this copy of Warriors of the Lord: the Military Orders of to cart. $7.70, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by John Hunt Publishing.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1150grams, ISBN: 9781842981078.
Add this copy of Warriors of the Lord. the Military Orders of to cart. $7.66, like new condition, Sold by The Blue Penguin rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from FRODSHAM,, CHESHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by John Hunt Publishing.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Dustwrapper, 4to, pp.208, colour and bw ills, maps. Middle Age monks who took up arms for the Good Fight-the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, the Teutonic Knights-as part of their Christian calling. Wrapper has a small creased split to rear top edge else clean and crisp. Contents clean and crisp. Fine in near fine wrapper. A heavy book which weighs c1400g when wrapped, exceeding the 1000g default weight used for the postage quotation, and thus invoking a request for the excess postage at cost at time of order if to be sent overseas or by 1st class post in the UK.
