THE CRUSADES: Defending Outremer (Ep.1): What role did the Templars and Hospitallers play?

The Templars and the Hospitallers played a huge role in the defence of the Crusader States and thus their survival for two precarious centuries. In this episode, Dr Steve Tibble explores the ways in which the Military Orders supported the Franks of Outremer’s efforts through both their martial exploits in the Near East and their economic endeavours in the West. Were the Orders Outremer’s main means of defence?

This episode is the first in a mini-series of three. The complete mini-series includes:

Ep.1: What role did the Templars and Hospitallers play?

Ep.2: What role did the Franks’ own tactics and strategy play?

Ep.3: SPECIAL EPISODE: Steve Tibble discusses his new book on the British Templars

Recommended works by Dr Steve Tibble:

The Crusader Armies

The Crusader Strategy

Templars: The knights who made Britain

Further reading:

Barber, M., The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple

Nicholson, H., The Knights Templar

Further listening:

In Our Time: The Knights Templar

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