{"product_id":"the-monks-of-war-the-military-religious-orders-paperback","title":"The Monks of War: The military religious orders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDesmond Seward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Templars. The Hospitallers. The Teutonic Knights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven after almost a thousand years, the names of the great religious orders still resonate, inspiring legends and myths in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is their real story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Crusades groups of military religious orders emerged across Europe who were to turn into the storm troopers of the savage fight against Islam. Part monastery, part barracks, at their bases they moulded their recruits into formidable fighting men dedicated to their cause. Along the way, they accumulated huge influence, wealth, glory and power. Through force of arms, they re-shaped a continent, and in charitable works their legacy lives on to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Monks of War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the finest general history of the orders yet written.\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Monks of War\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Undeniably the work of someone who knows and accepts the standards of critical history but... who sees the past also as an epic or a colourful spectacle' \u003c\/strong\u003e- Professor David Knowles, \u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'His scholarship is great, his theme both interesting and largely unexplored, and his judgement sound'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesmond Seward\u003c\/strong\u003e is a British popular historian, best known for \u003cem\u003eThe Hundred Years War\u003c\/em\u003e, never out of print since 1978, \u003cem\u003eThe Wars of the Roses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRichard III\u003c\/em\u003e - all republished by the Folio Society. His latest is \u003cem\u003eThe Demon's Brood\u003c\/em\u003e, a history of the Plantagenet kings in one short volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978435920173,"sku":"9781839013522","price":20.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SWRFenBrY2Z0L1paZTJBRWt1a3ljQT09.webp?v=1775805147","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-monks-of-war-the-military-religious-orders-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}