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MILITARY ORDERS NEW IN PAPERBACK THE RULE OF THE TEMPLARS THE TEMPLE CHURCH The French Text of the Rule of the IN LONDON Order of the Knights Templar History, Architecture, Art J.M. UPTON-WARD Edited by DAVID PARK The Order of the Knights Templar was first given & ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES its own Rule in 1129, formalising the exceptional Founded as the main church of the Knights Templar combination of soldier and monk. Both monastic rule and military in England, the Temple Church is one of the most manual, the Rule presented here derives from three extant medieval important medieval buildings in England. This is the first full-length manuscripts, and is a translation of Henry de Curzon’s French Rule survey of the Temple Church, from its foundation in the twelfth century of 1886. to the Second World War. An important source for the history of the military orders. Splendid. DAILY TELEGRAPH ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW [A] fine and well-illustrated volume. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT £17.99/$24.95 2008 978 0 85115 701 6, 208pp, 23.4 x 15.6, PB £19.99/$25.95 September 2017 Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 978 1 78327 263 1, 11 colour & 109 b/w illus.; 314pp, 24.4 x 17.2, PB Boydell Press Boydell Press THE KNIGHTS NEW IN PAPERBACK HOSPITALLER THE TEUTONIC HELEN NICHOLSON KNIGHTS IN THE This introduction to the Order of St John of HOLY LAND, 1190-1291 Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, begins with its origins as a NICHOLAS MORTON hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the eleventh This groundbreaking analysis explores the formative century and traces its development military activities years of the Teutonic Knights and places their in the eastern Mediterranean, Spain and eastern Europe during the deeds in the Levant within the context of the wider middle ages, in crusades and in wars against non-Christians. Christian, pagan and Islamic world. All those interested in the history of the crusades must be grateful to have A very useful guide to the politics of the kingdom of Jerusalem in the so succinct, so reliable and so readable a summary. CRUSADES thirteenth century, [which] will fill gaps in many a reading list. ENGLISH £19.99/$34.95 2013 HISTORICAL REVIEW 978 1 84383 038 2, PB, 9 colour & 12 b/w illus.; 208pp, 23.4 x 15.6 £25/$34.95 Mar 2017, 978 1 78327 181 8, 3 b/w illus.; 242pp, 23.4 x 15.6, PB Handheld eBook 978 1 78204 736 0, £19.99/$29.99 Library eBook 978 1 84615 768 4 Boydell Press Boydell Press LEPER KNIGHTS THE SIEGE OF MALTA, 1565 The Order of St Lazarus of Translated from the Spanish Jerusalem in England, c.1150-1544 edition of 1568 DAVID MARCOMBE FRANCISCO BALBI DI CORREGGIO, One of the most unusual contributions to the translated by ERNLE BRADFORD crusading era was the idea of the leper knight – a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage This is the history of one of the great battles of the of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in the world, written by a private soldier who was an eye- twelfth century. The Order of St Lazarus saw the idea become a reality witness. The siege of Malta was a crucial moment in the long struggle and founded establishments across Western Europe. between Islam and Christendom for domination of the Mediterranean. Against the overwhelming force of Turkish ruler, Suleyman the A well-researched [and] valuable contribution. Magnificent, the Knights of St John could only raise a handful of men AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW and mercenaries to defend their island base. £19.99/$25.95 2004 £14.99/$19.95 2005 978 1 84383 067 2 978 1 84383 140 2, 8 b/w illus.; 224pp, 21.6 x 13.8, PB 41 b/w illus.; 344pp, 23.4 x 15.6, PB, Library eBook 978 1 84615 241 2 First Person Singular, Boydell Press Studies in the History of Medieval Religion Boydell Press www.boydellandbrewer.com THE PRINCIPALITY OF ANTIOCH CRUSADING SPIRITUALITY AND ITS FRONTIERS IN THE IN THE HOLY LAND AND TWELFTH CENTURY IBERIA, C.1095-C.1187 ANDREW D. BUCK WILLIAM J. PURKIS For much of the twelfth century the ideals and activities Situated in northern Syria, on the eastern-most frontier of crusaders were often described in language more of Latin Christendom, the principality of Antioch was normally associated with a monastic rather than a a medieval polity bordered by a host of rival powers, military vocation; like those who took religious vows, presenting a challenge to its survival. This book crusaders were repeatedly depicted as being driven by a examines how its ruling elites sought to manage these threats, in order to desire to imitate Christ and to live according to the values of the primitive maintain Antioch’s existence during the troubled twelfth century. Church. This book argues that the significance of these descriptions has yet £60/$99(s) February 2017, 978 1 78327 173 3, 296pp, 23.4 x 15.6, HB to be fully appreciated, and suggests that the origins and early development PDF eBook 978 1 78204 924 1, £60/$99 of crusading should be studied within the context of the “reformation” of Boydell Press professed religious life in the twelfth century. A valuable contribution to crusade studies. [It] contributes to understanding WARRIOR CHURCHMEN OF crusaders on their own terms. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, 1000-1250 £25/$34.95 2014, 978 1 84383 926 2, 228pp, 23.4 x 15.6, PB Handheld eBook 978 1 78204 415 4, £24.99/$34.95 Theory and Reality Library eBook 978 1 84615 624 3 CRAIG M. NAKASHIAN Boydell Press This book, focusing on a number of individual English clerics between 1000 and 1250, untangles the cultural KNIGHTS OF THE CLOISTER debate surrounding their military behaviour. Rather than portraying these clerics as anachronistic outliers Templars and Hospitallers in Central- or mere criminals, this study looks at how contemporaries understood Southern Occitania, c.1100-c.1300 their behaviour, arguing that there was a wide range of views – which often DOMINIC SELWOOD included praise for clerics who fought in licit causes The military and religious orders of the Knights Templar Gives a deft treatment of the tight interconnection between religion and (founded 1120) and Knights Hospitaller (founded politics during this age of faith par excellence....[A] scholarly, lively and c.1099) were a driving force throughout the long history absorbing book. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT of the crusades. This study examines the work of the £60/$99(s) 2016, 978 1 78327 162 7, 304pp, 23.4 x 15.6, HB two orders closely, using original charters to analyse PDF eBook 978 1 78204 867 1, £60/$99 their activities in their administrative heartland in south-west France. Boydell Press Recruitment, fund-raising, farming, shipping, and communal life are all covered, and the orders’ commitment to crusading assessed. Does a fine job of explaining the role of the military orders in southern French ARMSBEARING AND THE CLERGY society. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW IN THE HISTORY AND CANON LAW £17.99/$24.95 2002, 978 0 85115 828 0, 6 b/w illus.; 288pp, 23.4 x 15.6, PB OF WESTERN CHRISTIANITY Boydell Press LAWRENCE G. DUGGAN In the first millennium the Christian Church forbade its THE HOSPITALLERS clergy from bearing arms. In the mid-eleventh century AND THE HOLY LAND the ban was reiterated many times at the highest levels: Financing the Latin East, 1187-1274 all participants in the battle of Hastings, for example, who had drawn blood were required to do public penance. Yet over the JUDITH BRONSTEIN next two hundred years the canon law of the Latin Church changed The Order of the Hospital of St John was among significantly: the pope and bishops came to authorize and direct wars; the most creative and important institutions of the military-religious orders, beginning with the Templars, emerged to defend Middle Ages, its history provoking much debate and the faithful and the Faith; and individual clerics were allowed to bear arms controversy. As well as demonstrating how the Order for defensive purposes. was responsible for the survival of the Christian settlement in the East, it focuses on the impact of the various crises in the East, looking at how £60/$99(s) 2013, 978 1 84383 865 4, 278pp, 23.4 x 15.6, HB Library eBook 978 1 78204 176 4 it reacted to events, the contributions that western priories played in Boydell Press the rehabilitation of the East, and the various efforts made to restore its economic and military strength. Superbly constructed and convincingly argued....Groundbreaking and a wonderful contribution to the history of the “international” military orders. eBooks CRUSADES PDF and Handheld eBooks can be downloaded from £50/$90(s) 2005 978 1 84383 131 0, 206pp, 23.4 x 15.6, HB www.boydellandbrewer.com. Handheld eBooks are designed for use on Library eBook 978 1 84615 402 7 smartphones and mobile devices; PDF eBooks are configured for PC Boydell Press and Macs and are better suited to research use. ORDER & DiscoUnts Comments AND QUERIES SOCIAL MEDIA Order online at Email: [email protected] www.boydellandbrewer.com In North America please email or telephone Wiley & Sons [email protected] 44 (0)1243 843 291. www.facebook.com/boydellandbrewer www.twitter.com/boydellbrewer In North America please call 585-275-0419. www.pinterest.com/boydellbrewer All discounts apply to direct orders only. www.instagram.com/boydellandbrewer www.boydellandbrewer.com.