HIST21141: From Catastrophe to Crusade

Week 11: The Military Orders

A member of the Templar Knights, from the 12 th Century Hague Map of Jerusalem (KB 76
F 5 fol. 1 r)
 Housekeeping…
Assessment
1. Two source commentaries (750 words each) (20%)

2. Essay (2500 words) (30%)

For more details, see your
- Due date Thursday 12th December (12 noon) handbook.

3. Two hour exam (50%) (The new one is now on

Blackboard)
- Exact date TBD (This will be in January)

My contact details:
-Isaac.Boothroyd@Manchester.ac.uk
-Office hours: Email me to arrange
 Key questions:

- How were monasticism & knighthood changing in the 12 th

century?

- How were the Military Orders understood by

contemporaries?

- Exam preparation
 Cultural Changes

Sir Geoffrey Luttrel with his wife & daughter, as depicted in the Luttrell Psalter
 The Military Orders

Bernard of Clairvaux, as depicted in a 13 th century English manuscript (Walters

760, f. 113v)
 Exam Prep

“To what extent did a clearly articulated concept of crusade

exist in the twelfth century?”
(May, 2016)