Between Faith and Fortress: The Templars and Crusader Jerusalem
Sophia Menache (University of Haifa) doi: https://doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00038442 Jerusalem was the center and alma mater of the Templars for sixty–seven consecutive years, namely, from the founding of the Order (c. 1119–1120) until Saladin’s conquest (3 October 1187). Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, provided the knights with quarters in a wing of…