Crusades - Templars

Campaign 050 Pickles: Malta 1565. Last Battle of the Crusades

Malta 1565. Last Battle of the Crusades
Author: Tim Pickles. Illustrator: Christa Hook
96 pages. The epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the huge Turkish Army of the Emperor Suliman is one of the most compelling stories in the history of the western world. The Turks amassed an army of 30,000 men, which doubled as the siege dragged on. The knights facing them totalled 500, along with 4,000 Maltese levies and 4,500 other troops.

9781855326033

Campaign 078 Nicolle: Constantinople 1453. The End of Byzantium

Constantinople 1453. The End of Byzantium
by David Nicolle
This title details the epic four-month siege of the city of Constantinople, last vestige of the once mighty Roman and Byzantine Empires. Mehmet 'The Conqueror' led an army of 80,000 men with a massive siege train against the city. Defending were a mere 10,000 men under the Emperor Constantine XI. The Turkish artillery battered the ancient city walls mercilessly, levelling a large section. A gallant defence held off the massive Turkish assault for several hours.

9781841760919

Campaign 132 Nicolle: The First Crusade 1096 - 99. Conquest of the Holy Land

First Crusade 1096 - 99. Conquest of the Holy Land
Author: David Nicolle. Illustrator: Christa Hook
In 1095 the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I appealed to the Christian states of western Europe for help against the Turks who had swept across the Empire after the disastrous Byzantine defeat at Manzikert in 1071. This book is about the First Crusade that followed

9781841765150

Campaign 154 Nicolle: Acre 1291: Bloody sunset of the Crusader states

Acre 1291: Bloody sunset of the Crusader states
Author: David Nicolle. Illustrator: Graham Turner
2005. This book depicts the dramatic collapse of this great fortress, whose demise marked the end of the Crusades in the Holy Land.

9781841768625

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Campaign 161 Nicolle: The Third Crusade 1191. Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the struggle for Jerusalem

Third Crusade 1191. Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the struggle for Jerusalem
David Nicolle. Illustrator: Christa Hook
2005. The clash between King Richard I ‘The Lionheart’ of England and Saladin has become legendary. Throughout the ages, military enthusiasts have been fascinated by the strategy of the resolute, heavily armed Anglo-Saxon army versus their more lightly armed opponents.

9781841768687

Elite 019 Nicolle: The Crusades

Crusades
Dr David Nicolle. Illustrated by Richard Hook
Born amid immense suffering and bloodshed the Kingdom of Jerusalem remained a battlefield for almost 200 years. The Crusades raised to campaign for it gave rise to the Military Orders of the Templars and Hopitallers as well as numerous smaller orders, and were a backdrop to the careers of some of historys most famous leaders including Richard The Lionheart and Saladin.

Elite 019

Essential Histories 01 Nicolle: The Crusades. Paperback

Crusades. Paperback
David Nicole
96 pages. Born amid immense suffering and bloodshed, the Kingdom of Jerusalem remained a battlefield for almost 200 years. The enduring conflict created frictions that survived for more than 700 years.

1841761796

Fortress 11 Turnbull: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1) The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230 - 1466. Paperback

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1) The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230 - 1466. Paperback. Fortress 11
Stephen Turnbull
64 pages. In contrast to the Templars, who are remembered for their churches, the Teutonic memorials are the magnificent brick-built castles they built as a result of their conquest of Prussia between 1230 and 1380. Many of these dramatic fortresses still exist today in what is now Poland, and provide a unique example of an architectural style that closely reflects the nature of the Order

Fortress 11

Fortress 19 Turnbull: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2) The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185 - 1560. Paperback

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2) The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185 - 1560. Paperback
Stephen Turnbull
64 pages, numerous illustrations. 2004. The original forced conversion of pagan Livonia, what is now the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, was carried out by a military order known as the Brethren of the Sword. In 1236 this order was incorporated into the Teutonic Knights following a catastrophic military defeat.

Fortress 19

Fortress 21 Nicolle: Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1097-1192

Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1097–1192 Fortress 21
by David Nicolle
64 pages. The Crusaders that landed in the Middle East in the late-11th century brought with them their own traditions of military architecture, but it was not long before their defensive construction began to reflect a broad array of local influences. Most early Crusader structures were relatively small, and tended to increase the existing natural and defensive features of a site.

Fortress 21

Fortress 25 Turnbull: The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453

Walls of Constantinople AD 324–1453. Fortress 25
Stephen Turnbull
This book examines the main defensive system protecting the landward side of the city, which consisted of three parallel walls about 5 miles long. The walls defended the city against intruders, including Attila the Hun, before finally being breached by European knights during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and, ultimately, destroyed by Turkish artillery in 1453.

Fortress 25

Fortress 32 Nicolle: Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1192–1302

Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1192–1302. Fortress 32
Author: David Nicolle. Illustrator: Adam Hook
2005. 64 pages. Following Fortress 21 this book examines the design, development and defensive principles of some of the best-known Crusader fortifications and castles, including Crac des Chevaliers, Castel Blanc, Arsuf, Margat, Atlit, Montfort and Acre.

Fortress 32

Lloyd: English Society and the Crusade 1216-1307. Cloth

English Society and the Crusade 1216-1307. Cloth
by Simon Lloyd
336 pages, with index, bibliography. 1988. Little bit faded, reduced price, no better copy available

0198229496

Lock: The Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Paperback

Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Paperback
Peter Lock
544 pages. 2006. Not just a history of the crusades, but an overview of the logistical, economic, social and biographical aspects, all this information together into one resource for the very first time. A compilation of facts, figures, maps, family trees, summaries of the major crusades and their historiography, the Companion spans a broad chronological range from the eleventh to the eighteenth century, and gives a chronological framework and context for modern research on the crusading movement.

9780415393126, 041539312417

MacFarquhar: The Politics of China. The Eras of Mao and Deng. Paperback

Politics of China. The Eras of Mao and Deng. Second edition
Edited by Roderick MacFarquhar
618 pages, 5 tables, 2 maps. 1997, 1998, 2004

9780521588638, 0521588634224139

Mayer: Saracenic Heraldry. A Survey. Cloth

Saracenic Heraldry. A Survey. Cloth
L.A. Mayer
318 pages, plus 71 plates, with bibliography and index. 1933, 1999
All inscriptions in Arabic with English translations
This volume presents a fully documented armorial roll of Saracenic sultans and emirs, designed to meet the requirements of students of Muslim archaeology and covering the geographical area of Syria, Palestine and Egypt during the period from the end of the Crusades to the Ottoman conquest. A comprehensive introduction discusses the origins and forms of Saracenic heraldry and its place in Ayyubid and Mamluk society. The armorial roll contains descriptions of blazons, explanations of inscriptions and bibliographic references. (1933)

019817120x

Men-at-Arms 075 Wise: Armies of the Crusades

Armies of the Crusades
Author: Terence Wise. Illustrator: Gerry Embleton
In the early crusades men of all ranks from all over Europe took the cross and went to fight Islam as volunteers. Fighting alongside all of these were the armies raised in Outremer, the Holy Land itself. Together they waged a bloody religious war, the participants of which included such forces as the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights, and the Byzantine Army. The Armies of Christendom, The Armies of Islam

9780850451252

Men-at-Arms 125 Nicolle: The Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries

Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries
Author: David Nicolle. Illustrator: Angus McBride
This title explores the organisation, uniforms and equipment of the armies of Islam from the 7th to 11th centuries, backed by illustrations, museum photographs and eight full page colour plates by popular Osprey artist Angus McBride. The First Muslim Armies, The Successor States, European Influence in al Andalus, Tactics and Styles of Combat

9780850454482

Men-at-Arms 171 Nicolle: Saladin and the Saracens

Saladin and the Saracens
Author: David Nicolle. Illustrator: Angus McBride
This title shows how the societies and military systems that he and his successors led from defeat to eventual triumph were far more sophisticated than is generally realised, and brings vividly to life the history, organisation, arms and armour of Saladin and the Saracens. Saljuqs and Fatimids, Saladin and the Ayyubids, Disaster and Triumph, Arms and Armour

9780850456820

Men-at-Arms 409 Turnbull: The Hussite Wars 1419 - 36.

Hussite Wars 1419 - 36
by Stephen Turnbull, illustrations by Angus McBride
48 pages, many illustrations. 2004. In 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemia. This remarkable episode in medieval warfare is remembered not only as the Czech national epic, but as an important forerunner to the wars of the Reformation the following century

9781841766652

Merton: Magicians, Seers, and Mystics. Paperback

Magicians, Seers, and Mystics
by Reginald Merton. Translated by Maurice Magre
287 pages, with index. esoteric reprint. Apollonius of Tyana; The Unknown Master of the Albigenses; Christian Rosenkreutz and the Rosicrucians; Mystery of the Templars; Nicolas Flamel and the Philosophers Stone; Saint-Germain the Immortal; Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophists

1564594327

Nicholson: God's Warriors. Crusaders, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem. Paperback

God's Warriors. Crusaders, Saracens and the Battle for Jerusalem. Paperback
by Helen Nicholson and David Nicolle
224 pages. 2006. Combines material previously published as Campaign 19, Warrior 10, Warrior 91, with new images, and a new introduction and conclusion. This tells the story of the campaign that led to the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in 1187, following the Crusader defeat at Hattin, where Saladin’s troops destroyed the Christian army.

9781846031434

Oslo: Die Geheimlehre der Tempelritter. Geschichte Und Legende. Gebunden

Geheimlehre der Tempelritter. Geschichte Und Legende. Gebunden
Allan Oslo
240 Seiten. 2000

9783491723962

Partner: God of Battles. Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam. Paperback

God of Battles. Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam. Paperback
by Peter Partner
364 pages, with 10 maps and 24 other illustrations. 1998
What makes a war "holy"? This book examines the origins of holy war, and how it affects the modern world. The author explores the Crusades, and examines the fear that Islamic fundamentalism excites in the West, placing the jihad of the East and the Crusade of the West in their historical context.

97806910023541830

Picknett: The Templar Revelation. Secret guardians of the true identity of Christ. Paperback. USA

Templar Revelation. Secret guardians of the true identity of Christ. Paperback
by Linda Picknett & Clive Prince
572 pages with text, 16 plates
1998
In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, the authors found clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist that pointed to the existence of a secret underground religion. Their findings are documented in this book

9780684848914, 0684848910 15

Read: The Templars. The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Paperback

Templars. The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Paperback
by Piers Paul Read
xiii, 350 pages with text, and 16 pages with black-white and colour illustrations. 1999

97807538108753

Read: The Templars. The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Paperback

Templars. The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Paperback
Piers Pauk Read
xiii, 353 pages text, 16 pages with illustrations, 7 maps. 2006

9780306814969

Riley-Smith: The First Crusaders: 1095-1131. Paperback

First Crusaders: 1095-1131. Paperback
by Jonathan Riley-Smith
320 pages, with acknowledgements, maps, appendix, bibliography, index. 1998
Written about the Crusaders themselves, this text offers a systematic reading of contemporary source-material. It examines how crusading was dependent upon the support and enthusiasm of family groups so that the movement was open to domination by them. The example of the Montlhery clan is cited

9780521646031218132

Runciman: First Crusade. Paperback

First Crusade. Paperback
by Steven Runciman
209 pages, with introduction, epilogue, index. 1992, 1996, 2000
Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they remain one of the most exciting and colourful adventure stories in history

9780521427050, 0521427053 11

Tull: Traces of the Templars. Paperback

Traces of the Templars. Paperback
George F. Tull
192 pages, with many illustrations. 2002. Tull has not been afraid to speculate, but the main object of this text is to present, in readable form, as much information as can be found about Templar Sites in England, from Temple Combe to Temple Newsam

1872438164

Villehardouin: The Chronicles of the Crusades. Villehardouin's Conquest of Constantinople; and Joinville's Life of Saint Louis. Paperback

Chronicles of the Crusades. Villehardouin's Conquest of Constantinople; and Joinville's Life of Saint Louis. Paperback
Translated with an introduction by M.R.B. Shaw
368 pages, Part 1: with introduction. Part 2: with notes, glossary, maps. 1974

9780140441246 1015

Warrior 10 Nicolle: Saracen Faris 1050-1250 AD

Saracen Faris 1050-1250 AD. Warrior 10
David Nicolle
In the Middle East, not only were the 12th and 13th centuries punctuated by European Crusades but, even more significantly, the mid-11th century saw the invasion of the Saljuq Turks and the mid-13th century witnessed a devastating Mongol assault. Crucial to the Middle Eastern forces involved was the professional cavalryman, known as a faris or 'horseman'.

Warrior 10

Warrior 18 Nicolle: Knight of Outremer 1187-1344 AD

Knight of Outremer 1187-1344 AD. Warrior 18
by David Nicolle
In this, the first book in the English language to objectively study the knights of the Latin East, David Nicolle presents a well-balanced and informed account of the Western warriors who defended the Crusader territories for so long.

Warrior 18

Warrior 33 Nicolle: Knight Hospitaller (1) 1100 - 1306