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Despite various studies on the development of crusading thought, the First Crusade itself has not been properly examined from this perspective. Drawin...
The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the sub...
A History
The Crusades: A History is a comprehensive, single-volume history of the Crusades, from their beginnings in the eleventh century through to their decl...
A detailed account of the circumstances and motives of the first crusaders....
Riley-Smith's acclaimed book is now regarded as a classic short study. The updated fourth edition of this essential introduction features a new Prefac...
Drawing on a range of European chronicles and charter collections, this text discusses the launching of the First Crusade, the practical experience of...
Claiming that many in the West lack a thorough understanding of crusading, Jonathan Riley-Smith explains why and where the Crusades were fought, ident...
A collection of essays focusing on the history and politics of the Latin East....
A Short History
This is a comprehensive history of the crusades, from their beginnings in the 11th century through their decline and eventual ending at the close of t...
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 sign...
The History of the Order of St. John
The Hospitallers were a religious order, founded in Jerusalem by 1099, devoted to nursing and to fighting the infidel. With their fellow knights, the ...
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Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of ...
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The studies here reflect Jonathan Riley-Smith's work as a historian, which began with research on the history of the military orders, the specific foc...
The Templars and the Hospitallers were the two earliest and most famous of the major Military Orders of the Roman Catholic Church from the early twelf...
In this book, Jonathan Riley-Smith attends to the Templars' and Hospitallers' primary role as religious orders, not as military phenomena or economic ...
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A comprehensive history of the Crusades: an account of the theology of violence behind the Crusades, the major Crusades, the experience of crusading, ...
Volume 2
The Hospitallers were a religious order, founded in Jerusalem in 1099, devoted to nursing and to fighting the Infidel. With their fellow knights, the ...
With a New Introduction
From the Publisher: Focusing on the inner workings of the First Crusade in a way that no other work has done, The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusad...