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"In the 12th century the military religious orders were formed. Courageous, formidably organised, often savagely brutal, their task was to defend the Holy Land from the infidel. This is their violent and colourful story - of the desperate defence of Rhodes under siege by the turks; the grisly exchange of mutilated corpses at malta; the terrible persecution of the templars, accused by the inquisition of blasphemy and ""unnatural vice"". Originally published in 1972, the book bought together the histories of the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers, the Teutonic knights and the lesser-known orders. The text has been revised by the author for this new edition."

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Author:   Desmond Seward
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9780140195019

ISBN 10:   0140195017
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   28 September 1995
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. x*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xvi*Chapter 1: Introduction: The Donbass before luzovka, pg. 3*Chapter 2 : The Genesis of luzovka, pg. 14*Chapter 3: The New Russia Comes of Age: Economic Development to 1914, pg. 39*Chapter 4: luzovka: The Settlement and Its Society, pg. 71*Chapter 5: Housekeeping, Diets, and Budgets, pg. 113*Chapter 6: Health, Hygiene, and Sanitation, pg. 137*Chapter 7: Education and Culture, pg. 169*Chapter 8: The Donbass Labor Force: Origins and Structure, pg. 193*Chapter 9 : Organization of Work. Physical Conditions. and Benefits, pg. 259*Chapter 10: The Growth of the Donbass Community: An Interim Summary, pg. 327*GLOSSARY OF RUSSIAN TERMS, pg. 335*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 337*INDEX, pg. 355

Reviews

Undeniably the work of someone who knows and accepts the standards of critical history, but ... who sees the past also as an epic or a colourful spectacle <br> --Professor David Knowles in The Times Literary Supplement<br><br> His scholarship is great, his theme both interesting and largely unexplored and his judgment sound <br> --Economist<br><br> The book is excellent and firmly based on the primary sources of which Seward has a remarkable grasp. <br> --New Society<br><br> Compulsive reading, attractively written, and retaining one's fascinated interest throughout <br> --Catholic Herald

Founded in the 12th century to fight for Christ against the forces of Islam, the military religious orders were 'the first properly disciplined Western troops since Roman times'. The Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic knights, together with the Knights of the Spanish and Portuguese orders, were noblemen who lived extraordinary lives, at once monastic and martial. From the time of the Crusades to that of Napoleon they stood as the champions of Christendom and self-appointed defenders of the faith. In this highly learned yet eminently readable account, Desmond Seward chronicles the chivalrous history of these knights, rendering in vivid detail episodes such as the great 'Baltic Crusades' of the later Middle Ages, the destruction of the Templars in the early 14th century and the heroic siege of Malta in 1565. The highly-acclaimed first edition of 1972 is here revised and updated to assimilate recent research and to trace the continued survival of some orders into the 1990s. (Kirkus UK)

Author Information

Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III: England's Black Legend, The Monks of War, and The War of the Roses.

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