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Nine Hundred Years of Knights
Military orders (knights) emerged during the Crusades and were the first well-trained Western armies since Roman times. This book is the first general history of the Knights since the 18th century. It shows the long process from the creation of the Knights in the 12th century to the transformation of the modern Knights. It can be seen that the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar emerged in the Holy Land, and the Teutonic Knights moved from the Holy Land to war. The Rhodian Sea region, th
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A Brief History of the Hundred Years' War
For more than 100 years, Britain repeatedly invaded French territory on the pretext that its king had the right to inherit the French throne. France at this time was a large but uncontrollable kingdom, and England was small and poor. For much of the war, however, the British dominated the course of the war, seizing cities and winning numerous battles - including the great victories at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt. However, the balance of the war quickly tilted towards France in just over 20 yea
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