The Knights Hospitaller: A Military History Of St John Carr Pen Sword Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

The Knights Of St John Evolved During Crusades From A Monastic Order Providing Hostels For Christian Pilgrims Visiting Holy Land Need To Provide Armed Escorts Began Their Transformation Into Military Fervour And Discipline Made Them An Elite Component Most Crusader Armies Hospitaller (As They Were Also Known) Took Part In Major Engagements Including Hattin Acre Arsuf After Muslims Had Reconquered Kingdoms Continued Fight New Base First Rhodes Then Malta Taking Sea Hospitallers Became One Naval Powers Mediterranean Defending Shipping Barbary Pirates (And Increasingly Turning Piracy Themselves As Funding Estates Europe Dried Up) Provided Crucial Bulwark Against Islamic Expansion Obstinately Resisting Massive Siege By Ottoman Turks 1565 Remained Significant Power Until Defeat Napoleon 1798 Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm