The Military Orders Volume III: History and Heritage

by J.M. Upton-Ward and Malcolm Barber

In the last twenty years there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in the Military Orders. With a history stretching from the early twelfth century to the present day, they were among the richest and most powerful orders of the church in medieval Europe. They founded their own states in Prussia and on the Mediterranean islands of Rhodes and Malta. They are of concern to historians of the Church, art and architecture, government, agriculture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075466290X
• ISBN13: 9780754662907
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"