1st Edition

The Military Orders Volume I Fighting for the Faith and Caring for the Sick

Edited By Malcolm Barber Copyright 1994

    This volume contains papers from a conference held at the Museum of St John, under the auspices of the London Centre for the Study of the Crusades, covering every period from the origins of the military orders in the eleventh and twelfth centuries down to the present day.

    List of Illustrations, Abbreviations, List of Contributors, Editor's Preface, Introduction, Part I The Hospital of St John, Part II The Order of the Temple, Part III The Teutonic Order, Part IV The Spanish Orders, Part V The Perceptions and Role of the Military Orders, Select Bibliography, Index

    Biography

    Malcolm Barber is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, UK