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The Hospitallers were a crusading order, founded in Jerusalem and devoted both to nursing and fighting the Infidel. This history traces the development of the Order of St John from 1099 through a mid-19th-century redefinition to its current position as a leading provider of emergency medical care.

Third edition of this definitive, comprehensive, yet accessible textbook covering this key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-Smith, a world authority on the subject, explores the organisation of a crusade, the experience of crusading, and the crusaders themselves. This new edition expands its scope to cover the decline of crusading in the nineteenth century, substantial new material on theory, historiography and translate...

The story of the Crusades is told as never before in this engrossing, authoritative and comprehensive history that ranges from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of the crusading ideals and imagery that continue today. in color.