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 Barber, Malcolm (ed.), The Military Orders: Fighting for the Faith and Caring for the Sick, Aldershot, Ashgate (The Military Orders, 1), 1994, 428 pp. 
ResumThis work covers the history of those orders which combined religion and caring with military prowess. Among the orders covered: are the Hospitallers of St John; the Templars; the Teutonic order; and the Spanish. The book also discusses the perceptions and roles of the military orders.
 Contents (exc.):
 - Part I. The Hospital of St John
 * Luttrell (1994), "The Hospitallers' Medical ..." · 64-81
 * The 15th century Hospital of Rhodes: tradition and innovation / Fontini Karassava-Tsilingiri · 89-96
 * Xenodochium to sacred infirmary: the changing role of the Order of the Hospital of St John, 1522–1631 / Ann Williams · 97-102
 - Part II. The Order of the Temple
 - Part III. The Teutonic Order
 - Part IV. The Spanish Orders
 - Part V. The perceptions and role of the military orders
 * Medical knowledge in the crusading armies: the evidence of Albert of Aachen and others / Susan Edgington · 320-326
 * Knights and lovers: the military orders in the romantic literature of the 13th century / Helen Nicholson
MatèriesHistòriaHistòria de la medicina
 Hospitals
 Guerra
NotesFitxa de l'editor: http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780860784388   |