Montfort: History, Early Research and Recent Studies of the Principal Fortress of the Teutonic Order

by Adrian Boas

Winner of the 2017 Verbruggen prize

Montfort Castle, located in the western Galilee, was the principal fortress of the Teutonic Order, one of the three great military orders of the Crusader period. It was built in the early thirteenth century and occupied and dismantled by the Mamluk army in 1271. It is among the finest examples of Crusader spur castles. This present volume includes discussions by 23 scholars, experts in their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004250468
• ISBN13: 9789004250468
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.2" x 11.6"