The Knights Hospitaller : a military history of the Knights of St John / John C. Carr.

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Carr, John C [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2016Description: 1 online resource (viii, 218 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of olates) ; illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781473858909
1473858909

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Knights Hospitaller.DDC classification:

271.7912

LOC classification:

CR4723

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 most Crusader armies and Hospitaller Knights (as they were also known) took part in most of the major engagements, including Hattin, Acre and Arsuf. After the Muslims had reconquered the Crusader Kingdoms, the Order continued to fight from a new base, first in Rhodes and then in Malta. Taking to the sea, the Hospitallers became one of the major naval powers in the Mediterranean, defending Christian shipping from the Barbary Pirates (and increasingly turning to piracy themselves as funding from their estates in Europe dried up). They provided a crucial bulwark against Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean, obstinately resisting a massive siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks in 1565. The Order remained a significant power in the Mediterranean until their defeat by Napoleon in 1798.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-211) and index.

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 most Crusader armies and Hospitaller Knights (as they were also known) took part in most of the major engagements, including Hattin, Acre and Arsuf. After the Muslims had reconquered the Crusader Kingdoms, the Order continued to fight from a new base, first in Rhodes and then in Malta. Taking to the sea, the Hospitallers became one of the major naval powers in the Mediterranean, defending Christian shipping from the Barbary Pirates (and increasingly turning to piracy themselves as funding from their estates in Europe dried up). They provided a crucial bulwark against Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean, obstinately resisting a massive siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks in 1565. The Order remained a significant power in the Mediterranean until their defeat by Napoleon in 1798.

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