The Knights Hospitaller A Military History of the Knights of St John【電子書籍】[ John Carr ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A military history of the medieval Catholic order that arose during the Crusades in the Holy Land.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ The Knights of St John evolved during the Crusades from a monastic order providing hostels for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The need to provide armed escorts to the pilgrims began their transformation into a Military Order. Their fervor and discipline made them an elite component of most Crusader armies and Hospitaller Knights (as they were also known) took part in most of the major engagements, including Hattin, Acre and Arsuf.＜br /＞ After the Muslims had re-conquered the Crusader Kingdoms, the Order continued to fight from a new base, first in Rhodes and then in Malta. Taking to the sea, the Hospitallers became one of the major naval powers in the Mediterranean, defending Christian shipping from the Barbary Pirates (and increasingly turning to piracy themselves as funding from their estates in Europe dried up). They provided a crucial bulwark agai．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る