The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin ChristianityZsolt Hunyadi, J¢zsef Laszlovszky, Central European University. Dept. of Medieval Studies The 34 essays by specialists from 15 countries present various facets of the struggles waged for the possession of the Holy Land between the 10th and 13th centuries and of the activities of the military orders elsewhere in Europe (e.g. in the Baltics). The nearly 1700-item, 88-page bibliography is the most concise ever compiled. The illustrations and maps are another asset of the book. Proceedings of a conference on a theme, which is important for scholars of the middle ages, and appealing for the lay public, due to the mystical and romantic connotations of crusaders, templars and other actors of the middle ages. |
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Page 48 - STATE mer1t, possession, and distractions of the pope's temporalities have been entrusted in perpetuity to the lord king of the French, to be governed by his brothers and sons as he shall see fit to provide, when the poisonous plots of the Romans and Lombards have ceased — then it is highly probable that the lord pope will be able to enjoy a long and healthful life in his native land, the kingdom of the French, with leisure to devote his sole attention to the governance of souls, and he may thereby...
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Historia Salonitanorum Atque Spalatinorum Pontificum Thomas (Spalatensis, Archdeacon) Limited preview - 2006 |