Medieval Warfare Vol. 5 - Bernard's Chosen

Discover Medieval Warfare Vol. 5 - Bernard's Chosen

Medieval Warfare Vol. 5 - Bernard's Chosen

The Knights Templar

Topic: peter konieczny, who were the knights templar? the rise and fall of a military order

We have left our lands and our loved ones, and have come here to uphold and exalt the law of God. So we rest here eating, drinking and spending, without doing any work. Nor do we perform any acts of arms, although this country needs it. We obey a priest and so we do no work of arms. Let us follow the advice and with the permission of our prior we will make one of our own.
Master, who can guide us in battle when necessary.

Subject: helen nicholson, why i write about the templars: none is more illustrious than him

Helen Nicholson, one of the world's leading historians of medieval military orders, tells us how she was fascinated by the Templars and what she has learned about them.

Subject: Andrew Holt, The New Chivalry: Bernard of Clairvaux and the Templars

Andrew Holt tells us how the French monk Bernard of Clairvaux helped create the Knights Templar, shaping a new image of the ideal Christian warrior.

Topic: Peter Konieczny, Ten unusual facts about the Templars: from blood brothers to bad breath

Did you know that the Templars once owned Cyprus, or that their rule against women might not have been so strict? Find out some of the strange but true facts about this military order.

Topic: john howe, the rule: military secrets of the knights templar

No brother should turn his horse's head backwards for fighting or for anything else, while in a squadron. - John Howe writes about how the Templars' rule prepared them to live the life of a monk and the life of a warrior.

Subject: William E. Welsh, Crusader Catastrophe: The Battle of Forbie

In October 1244, the Crusaders and their Muslim allies in Syria set out to fight a new threat: the Khwarazmians. The threat had descended on the Holy Land. Working for the Sultan of Egypt, the Khwarazmians had already invaded Jerusalem. Now the fate of the Middle East would be decided at the Forbie.

Theme: danièle cybulskie, the afterlife of the templars: from fighting injustice to ruling the world

Heroes. Villains. Saviors. Destroyers. It’s hard to think of another organization that has such a widespread reputation for being good and evil in almost equal measure. In a strange twist of fate, the vilification and destruction of the Templars by Philip the Fair in the 14th century has given them an afterlife in the popular imagination that has reached into every corner of the globe, far surpassing the reach of the medieval order. Given the relative brevity of their existence, and the fact that they ultimately failed in their mission, what is it about the Templars that has kept us fascinated for centuries?

Theme: Cliff Repicky, Bernard's Chosen One: Forged in the Furnace of Holy War

What were the Knights Templar like?

Special: Owen Rees, the siege of Bedford Castle in 1224

The young King Henry III would face his toughest test in the summer of 1224. He would be challenged by Baron Falkes de Breauté, and if Bedford Castle could withstand Henry's victory, all of England could once again be plunged into civil war.

Special: brian r. price, bellifortis: conrad kyeser and his war book

Brilliant but strange, Conrad Kyeser created the bellifortis in the early 15th century. His imagination would produce one of the
In the most unusual treatises of the Middle Ages, creating devious weapons of siege warfare, Brian Price shows us how Kyeser described everything from underwater soldiers to chastity belts.

Special: Peter Konieczny, military wit and wisdom of the 11th century

Just before the trumpets sound, it is already too late for a helmeted man to regret the battle. - Egbert of Liège's collection of proverbs, fables and folk tales includes some gems about medieval warfare.

Knights of the Cinema: Murray Dahm, Kingdom of Heaven: A Modern Film in Medieval Attire

Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven has suffered from accusations of poor casting, poor storytelling and modern agendas that have nothing to do with the history of the time. Murray Dahm takes a closer look at this epic film.

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