{"product_id":"the-knights-hospitaller","title":"The Knights Hospitaller","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis short study of the history of the Order of St John of Jerusalem  Rhodes and Malta  also known as the Knights Hospitaller  is intended as an introduction to the Order for academics working in other fields  as well as the interested general reader. Beginning with a consideration of the origins ofthe Order as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the eleventh century  it traces the Hospitallers development into a military order during the first part of the twelfth century  and its military activities on the frontiers of Christendom in the eastern Mediterranean  Spain and eastern Europe during the middle ages and into early modern period: its role in crusades and in wars against non-Christians on land and at sea  as well as its role inbuilding and maintaining fortresses. It also considers the Orders activities away from the frontiers of Christendom: its economic activities and itsrelations with patrons and rulers throughout Europe  as well as its hospitaller work and its religious life. The focus of the study is on the medievalperiod down to the loss of Rhodes in 1522  but the final chapters of the book consider the Orders history on Malta from the sixteenth to the end ofthe eighteenth century  and from the loss of Malta in 1798 to the present day. HELEN NICHOLSON is Senior Lecturer in History  Cardiff University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966791282741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0851158455","price":197.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780851158457.jpg?v=1770580571","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-knights-hospitaller","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}