The Military Orders from the Twelfth to the Early Fourteenth Centuries

ISBN-13: 9780333462355 / Miękka / 1992 / 292 str.

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Opis

This comprehensive survey of the military orders is based on a wide range of primary sources. Besides giving a clear account of the emergence of the orders, it investigates their military significance and the ways in which they obtained necessary funds and manpower. Their governmental structure and daily life are examined, together with the increasing criticisms they faced in the thirteenth century. The book ends with a discussion of the fall of the Templars and the changing roles of other orders in the early fourteenth century.

Spis treści

The Origins of the Institution and the Foundation of New Orders.- The Military Role of the Orders.- Manpower and Resources.- Conventual Life and Organisation Changes in the Later Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries.