The Monks of War. The Military Orders

Seward, Desmond

Published by The Folio Society, London, 2000

About this Item

Full cloth blocked with a color design by Francis Mosley, in a black paper slipcase; printed on Caxon wove paper; set with minion type. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 10 inches tall; 338 pages with Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index. This celebrated book tells the whole enthralling story, recreating such epics as the sieges of Rhodes and Malta and the destruction of the Templars by the Inquisition. An acclaimed publication, it has now been revised and updated, with a concluding chapter to take events into the 1990s. The Templars, the Hospitallers (later Knights of Malta), the Teutonic Knights, and the Knights of the Spanish and Portuguese orders were 'noblemen vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience, living a monastic life in convents which were at the same time barracks, waging war on the enemies of the Cross'. The first properly disciplined Western troops since Roman times, they played a major role in defending the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem, in the 'Baltic Crusades' which created Prussia, in the long reconquest of Spain from the Moors, and in fighting the 'Infidel' right up to Napoleonic times. Decorated cloth hardcover in a slipcase. Seller Inventory # 17173

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Monks of War. The Military Orders

Publisher: The Folio Society, London

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Slipcase

Edition: Third Printing.