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Books by Desmond Seward
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Nine Hundred Years of the Knights Templar 骑士团九百年
Military religious orders, or knightly orders, emerged during the Crusades. They were the first well-trained Western armies since Roman times. This is the first comprehensive history of the knightly orders since the eighteenth century, tracing their long journey from their founding in the twelfth century to their transformation in modern times. It covers the rise of the Hospitallers and the Templars in the Holy Land; the Teutonic Order's shift from the Holy Land to the Baltic region and its conq
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A Brief History of the Hundred Years’ War 百年战争简史
For more than 100 years, England repeatedly invaded French territory, using its king’s claim to the French throne as an excuse. France was a vast but difficult-to-control kingdom, while England was small and poor. Yet for much of the war, England dominated the fighting, capturing cities and winning victory after victory, including the great victories at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. But within little more than 20 years of Joan of Arc’s appearance, the tide of war swiftly turned in France’s fav
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