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The Knights Templar at War 1120-1312
Contributor(s): Hill, Paul (Author)
ISBN: 1473874920     ISBN-13: 9781473874923
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
OUR PRICE:   $29.66  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Medieval
- History | Military - Strategy
- Religion | Christianity - History
LCCN: 2020415723
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (1.60 lbs) 264 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Religious Orientation - Catholic
 
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Publisher Description:
There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated, and that is why Paul Hill's highly illustrated study is so timely, for he focuses on how this military order prosecuted its wars.

The order was founded as a response to attacks on pilgrims in the Holy Land, and it was involved in countless battles and sieges, always at the forefront of crusading warfare. This absorbing study examines why they were such an important aspect of medieval warfare on the frontiers of Christendom for nearly two hundred years.

Paul Hill shows how they were funded and supplied, how they organized their forces on campaign and on the battlefield and the strategies and tactics they employed in the various theaters of warfare in which they fought. Templar leadership, command and control are examined, and sections cover their battles and campaigns, fortifications and castles.

Contributor Bio(s): Hill, Paul: - Paul Hill, formerly curator of Kingston Upon Thames Museum in Surrey, is well known as a lecturer, author and expert on Anglo-Saxon and Norman history and military archaeology, and he has written several books on these subjects, among them The Age of Athelstan: Britain's Forgotten History, The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great and The Anglo-Saxons at War 800-1066.