The Knights Hospitallers, volume 1
The History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, volume 1: earliest times to 1291
Volume 1 gives a lively account of the history of the Order from its earliest beginnings to
the terrible loss of the city of Acre in 1291.
A brief summary of contents:
- the life of Mahomet and the effect he and his successors had on pilgrimages to the Holy Land
- how the crusades began
- the development of the two orders of Hospitallers and Templars and their subsequent
rivalry
- the schism in the Papacy
- the rise of Saladine
- battles for mastery of Constantinople and Jerusalem
- hospitaller foundations in Asia and Europe
- calumnies against the knights of St John and the templars
- knights and templars battle each other
- the organisation of the knights
- saracens capture and raze the fortresses of Margat and Tripoli
- Acre's many nations and interests fighting one another
- Acre invested by the the sultan's army
- Acre and other cities brutalized and razed
- the knights abandon the Holy Land
The full five-volume index is included, with live links to entries for volume one. A glossary of obsolete words completes this Kindle edition.
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