The Knights Templar and the Crusade for Armenian Edessa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Knights Templar and the Crusade for Armenian Edessa write by Michael Boyajian. This book was released on 2020-06-12. The Knights Templar and the Crusade for Armenian Edessa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Armenian Edessa was a Christian city overrun by Muslims. The church called for a crusade to rescue the city and the Knights Templar would guide and protect these crusaders and the Armenians.
Knighthoods of Christ
Knighthoods of Christ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Knighthoods of Christ write by Norman Housley. This book was released on 2017-05-15. Knighthoods of Christ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Central Middle Ages Catholics had the opportunity to take part in Holy War in the Latin East in two different but related ways, by taking the Cross and by entering the Order of the Temple. Both crusaders and Knights Templar were dubbed by contemporary panegyrists milites Christi, knights engaged in combat for the cause of Christ. On numerous battlefields in the Middle East crusaders and Templars fought side by side. By the late thirteenth century both modes of Holy War faced critical situations. Crusading failed to save the mainland states of Palestine and Syria from Muslim conquest in 1291, while the Knights Templar entered a period of internal demoralisation and external attack that culminated in the suppression of their Order in 1312. This collection of essays by distinguished historians of the Crusades and the Order of the Temple covers the whole span of their historical evolution and offers numerous insights into the ideologies, practicalities and ramifications of Christian Holy War in the Middle Ages.
The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades
The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades write by Jacob Ghazarian. This book was released on 2018-10-24. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This unique study bridges the history of the Crusades with the history of Armenian nationalism and Christianity. To the Crusaders, Armenian Christians presented the only reliable allies in Anatolia and Asia Minor, and were pivotal in the founding of the Crusader principalities of Edessa, Antioch, Jerusalem and Tripoli. The Anatolian kingdom of Cilicia was founded by the Roupenian dynasty (mid 10th to late 11th century), and grew under the collective rule of the Hetumian dynasty (late 12th to mid 14th century). After confrontations with Byzantium, the Seljuks and the Mongols, the Second Crusade led to the crowning of the first Cilician king despite opposition from Byzantium. Following the Third Crusade, power shifted in Cilicia to the Lusignans of Cyprus (mid to late 14th century), culminating in the final collapse of the kingdom at the hands of the Egyptian Mamluks.
The Pocket A-Z of the Knights Templar
The Pocket A-Z of the Knights Templar - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pocket A-Z of the Knights Templar write by Gordon Napier. This book was released on 2014-04-07. The Pocket A-Z of the Knights Templar available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Knights Templar were among the most famous of Christian military orders. Created after the First Crusade of 1096 and endorsed by the Catholic Church in 1129, the Order grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights were some of the best equipped, trained and disciplined fighting units of the Crusades. But when the Holy Land was lost and the Templars suffered crushing defeats, support for the Order faded and rumours about their secret initiation ceremony created mistrust. When the Order suddenly disappeared, disbanded by the Pope, it gave rise to speculation and legends that have kept the name ‘Templar’ alive. From Abbasids to Zion, The A–Z of the Knights Templar is an invaluable reference of the places, people and themes of the Crusades, the Knights Templar and their legacy.
The Crusader Armies
The Crusader Armies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Crusader Armies write by Steve Tibble. This book was released on 2018-08-21. The Crusader Armies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts and archaeological evidence as well as more commonly cited Western sources to analyze the respective armies’ strategy, adaptation, evolution, and cultural diversity and show just how sophisticated the Crusader armies were even by today’s standards. In the first comprehensive account of the subject in sixty years, Tibble takes a fresh approach to Templars, Hospitallers, and other key Orders and makes the controversial proposition that the Crusades were driven as much by sedentary versus nomadic tribal concerns as by religious conflict. This fluently written, broad-ranging narrative provides a crucial missing piece in the study of the West’s attempts to colonize the Middle East during the Middle Ages.
