Overview

This volume contains papers from a conference held at the Museum of St John, under the auspices of the London Centre for the Study of the Crusades, covering every period from the origins of the military orders in the eleventh and twelfth centuries down to the present day.

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Author:   Malcolm Barber ,  Peter Edbury ,  Anthony Luttrell ,  Jonathan Riley-Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Variorum
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780860784388

ISBN 10:   086078438
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   22 December 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Editor's Preface; Introduction, Jean Richard; THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN: Pro defensione Terre Sancte: the development and exploitation of the Hospitallers' landed estate in Essex, Michael Gervers; The character of the Hospitaller properties in Spain in the Middle Ages, Henry Sire; The Hospitallers and the Castilian-Leonese Monarchy: the concession of Royal rights, 12th to 14th centuries, Carlos Barquero Gan]i; Catholic and Protestant members in the German Grand Priory of the Order of St John: the development of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg, Walter G. Roedel; A castle in Cyprus attributed to the Hospital?, Peter Megaw; Two forged 13th century alms-raising letters used by the Hospitallers in Franconia, Karl Borchardt; How many miles to Babylon? The Devise des Chemins de Babilione redated, Robert Irwin; The Hospitallers' medical tradition: 1291-1530, Anthony Luttrell; Documentary and archaeological evidence for Greek settlement in the countryside of Rhodes in the 14th and early 15th centuries, Kara Hattersley-Smith; The 15th century Hospital of Rhodes: tradition and innovation, Fontini Karassava-Tsilingiri; Xenodochium to sacred infirmary: the changing role of the Order of the Hospital of St John, 1522-1631, Ann Williams; Corsairs parading crosses: the Hospitallers and Venice, 1530-1798, Victor Mallia-Milanes; `A parish at sea': spiritual concerns aboard the order of St John's galleys in the 17th and 18th centuries, David Allen; The Order of St John in England, Jonathan Riley-Smith; THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE: Hugh de Payns and the 1129 Damascus crusade, Jonathan Phillips; Templar Castles on the road to the Jordan, Denys Pringle; The architecture of the Knights Templars in England, Pal Ritook; The surrender of Gaston and the rule of the Templars, Judi Upton-Ward; The Templars in Cyprus, Peter Edbury; Towards a profile of the Templars in the early 14th century, Alan Forey; Testimony of non-Templar witnesses in Cyprus, Anne Gilmour-Bryson; The suppression of the Templars in Cyprus according to the Chronicle of Leontios Makhairas, Aneta Ilieva; THE TEUTONIC ORDER: 800 years of the Teutonic Order, Udo Arnold; Frederick II, the Hohenstaufen, and the Teutonic Order in the Kingdom of Sicily, James M. Powell; Patronage of Elizabeth in the High Middle Ages in hospitals of the Teutonic Order in the Bailiwick of Franconia, Klaus Guth; The Teutonic Order confronts Mongols and Turks, Jurgen Sarnowsky; The treatment of prisoners of war during the fighting between the Teutonic Order and Lithuania, Sven Ekdahl; The recruitment of brethren for the Teutonic Order in Livonia 1237-1562, Klaus Militzer; Hospitality and chivalry in the Teutonic Order, Bernhard Demel; THE SPANISH ORDERS: Possessions and income of the Order of Calatrava in the kingdom of Leon in the 12th and 13th centuries, Carlos de Ayala Martinez; Agrarian structure in the Calatravan Lordships of the southern Meseta of Castile in the 12th and 13th centuries, Enrique Rodriguez-Picavea Matilla; Organization of land in the peninsula south-east: the commandery of Segura de la Sierra of the Order of Santiago, 1246-1350, Jose Vicente Matellanes Merchan; Architecture and power: the seats of the priories of the Order of Santiago, Aurora Ruiz Mateos, Jesus Espino Nun]o and Olga Perez Monzon; THE PERCEPTIONS AND ROLE OF THE MILITARY ORDERS: The confraternity of La Sauve-Majeure: a foreshadowing of the Military Order?, Marcus Bull; Medical knowledge in the crusading armies: the evidence of Albert of Aachen and others, Susan Edgington; Crusading and patrons: the influence of the crusades on the patronage of the Order of St Lazarus in England, John Walker; The military orders in mainland Greece, Peter Lock; Knights and lovers: the military orders in the romantic literature of the 13th century, Helen Nicholson; The lawyers of the military orders, James Brundage; Philippe de Mezieres and the idea of crusade, Joan Williamson; Victorian perceptions of the military orders, Elizabeth Siberry; Index.

Reviews

'The editor, Malcolm Barber, is to be congratulated for the way in which he has given to this collection a coherence rarely achieved in works of this kind...this excellent book..leaves the reader anxious to find out more.' The Catholic Historical Review 'All scholars and students interested in the related areas of the Order of the Militia of the Temple, the crusades, and heresy will rejoice in the appearance of this collection...Barber has provided a marvellous collection in this volume. Any crusades historian, historian of the Latin East, or specialist in heresy or the military orders would omit this material at his or her peril. The exhaustive notes, especially to primary sources, make these articles a veritable treasure trove.' Parergon, Vol. 15, No. 2

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Malcolm Barber is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, UK

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