Defending the Crusader Kingdoms

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

The Teutonic Knights Part II: Servant of Two Masters

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As long as the papacy and the Holy Roman Emperors were in accord with one another, the Teutonic Knights were well positioned to receive p...

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Books about the Crusader Kingdom of Cyprus: Two Reviews

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Today I review and recommend the seminal work on crusader Cyprus by Professor Peter Edbury and reproduce a review of The Last Crusader King...

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Teutonic Knights Part I: A Child of the Third Crusade

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The Teutonic Knights were founded much later than the Templars or Hospitallers and won their greatest fame and fortune fighting, conquering...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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