The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders by Desmond Seward

The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders

Desmond Seward

416 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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The military religious orders emerged during the Crusades as Christendom's stormtroopers in the savage conflict with Islam. Some of them still exist today, devoted to charitable works. The Monks of War is the first general history of these orders ...

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