THE MONKS OF WAR: THE MILITARY RELIGIOUS ORDERS

Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B73927

English Summary/英文概要： The Templars, the Hospitallers, the Tuetonic Knights and the Knights of the Spanish and Portuguese orders were ‘noblemen vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience, living a monastic life in convents which were at the same time barracks, waging war on the enemies of the Cross’. These military religious orders emerged during the Crusades as Christendom’s storm troopers in the savage conflict with Islam. Some of them still exist today, now devoted to charitable works.

’The Monks of War’ is the first general history of these orders to have appeared since the eighteenth century. Writing in The Times Literary Supplement, Professor David Knowles described it as, ‘Undeniably the work of someone who knows and accepts the standards of critical history, but … who sees the past also as an epic or a colourful spectacle’.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 军事修士会的成立是在基督教十字军东征伊斯兰国期间而出现的。迄今为止还留有一些修士会的成员，她们致力于慈善事业。《僧侣之战》首次记录下了这些在18世纪历史上出现的这个团体。【基督教】圣殿骑士(十字军参加者于1118年在耶路撒冷组织的宗教军事团体的成员)，(中世纪教会团的)医院骑士团团员，条顿骑士团，和西班牙骑士以及葡萄牙修士会，他们都信守誓言的贵族，作为自罗马时期第一支训练有素的正规西方军队，对捍卫十字军，保卫耶路撒冷起到了重要作用，在创造了普鲁士的‘波罗的海十字军’时，再度征服了西班牙的摩尔人，打击了拿破仑时代的‘异教徒’。本书再现了围攻罗兹岛（希腊东南端佐泽卡尼索斯群岛中最大的岛屿）和马耳他，以及圣殿骑士遭受宗教审判而毁灭的这段史诗历程。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况："Undeniably the work of someone who knows and accepts the standards of critical history, but ... who sees the past also as an epic or a colourful spectacle" --Professor David Knowles in The Times Literary Supplement "His scholarship is great, his theme both interesting and largely unexplored and his judgment sound" --Economist "The book is excellent and firmly based on the primary sources of which Seward has a remarkable grasp." --New Society "Compulsive reading, attractively written, and retaining one’s fascinated interest throughout" --Catholic Herald

About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•西沃德的父亲是威廉•埃里克•路易斯•苏华德，曾作为一名一战飞行员的一位法国爱尔兰裔实业家，父亲在巴勒斯坦的这段从军经历，为儿子日后的小说《沙漠雄鹰》提供了文学素材。出生于在巴黎一个历史悠久的波尔多家族的西沃德，在北约克郡的安浦福斯和剑桥的圣凯瑟琳学院受教。西沃德曾撰写过许多关于法国中世纪的历史作品，其发表的关于军事修世会亦被业界认为是这方面的权威之作。西沃德精通法语和意大利语，拉丁语，中世纪英语和诺曼法语。他主要研究国外区域地点的相关原始文献资料，并以此撰写了许多历史有关的书籍。他发表的作品已经被译成十国语言，其中包括希伯来语和日语。

Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III: England’s Black Legend, The Monks of War, and The War of the Roses.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Spain – Edhasa, 2005
Italy – Allemandi, 2007
Poland – Zysk, 2008
France – Perrin, 2008

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