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The Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, 1190-1291

The Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, 1190-1291

by Nicholas Morton
Paperback
Publication Date: 17/03/2017

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A detailed study of the Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, covering both their military and administrative affairs.

The Teutonic Order was founded in 1190 to provide medical care for crusaders in the kingdom of Jerusalem. In time, it assumed a military role and played an important part in the defence of the Christian territories in the EasternMediterranean and in the Baltic regions of Prussia and Livonia; in the Levant, it fought against the neighbouring Islamic powers, whilst managing their turbulent relations with their patrons in the papacy and the German Empire. Asthe Order grew, it colonised territories in Prussia and Livonia, forcing it to address how it distributed its resources between its geographically-spread communities. Similarly, the brethren also needed to develop an organisational framework that could support the conduct of war on frontiers that were divided by hundreds of miles.
This book - the first comprehensive analysis of the Order in the Holy Land - explores the formative years of this powerful international institution and places its deeds in the Levant within the context of the wider Christian, pagan and Islamic world. It examines the challenges that shaped its identity and the masters who planned its policies.

Dr NICHOLAS MORTON is Lecturer in History at Nottingham Trent University.

ISBN:
9781783271818
9781783271818
Category:
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
17-03-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x13mm
Weight:
0kg
Nicholas Morton

Nicholas Morton is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. The author or editor of ten books, Morton lives in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. His most recent book The Crusader States and their Neighbours is the winner of the Verbruggen Prize 2022.

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