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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812227503321

Autore

Riley-Smith Jonathan Simon Christopher <1938->

Titolo

Templars and Hospitallers as professed religious in the Holy Land / / Jonathan Riley-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2010

ISBN

0-268-09171-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

(xi, 131 pages) : map

Collana

The Conway lectures in medieval studies

Disciplina

271/.7913

Soggetti

Hospitalers - History - To 1500

Military religious orders - History

Mediterranean Region History 476-1517

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-118) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The establishment of traditions -- Communities -- Governance -- Two very diverent orders.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Jonathan Riley-Smith attends to the Templars' and Hospitallers' primary role as religious orders, not as military phenomena or economic powerhouses.