Description

• Title:
  The Templars and the Sea
• Creator:
  Forey, Alan
• Description:
  The sea was most important to the Templars for the transport of men and goods. Brothers and supplies had to be dispatched to the East, but the administration of the Order also necessitated numerous voyages, while Templars were further used as envoys by popes and rulers. Goods were sent not only to the Holy Land, and the Order did engage in some trading by sea. Templars used both merchant ships and their own vessels, and the latter carried pilgrims and merchants as well as brothers. The Order’s experience led kings and princes to employ Templars at times in matters relating to maritime transport. The Templar’s involvement in maritime warfare was limited and occurred mainly in the eastern Mediterranean against Christian as well as Muslim opponents. Only occasional references survive about Templars’ fighting at sea in the West. Templar ships appear to have been crewed mainly by non-Templars, but little is known about the numbers and specifications of the Order’s ships, and it is not clear whether the Templars were active in the construction of vessels.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 Alan Forey
• Date:
  2020.12.29
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Peer-reviewed Article
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Ordines Militares Colloquia Torunensia Historica. Yearbook for the Study of the Military Orders; Tom 25 (2020); 245-296;
  Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica; Vol. 25 (2020); 245-296;
  Ordines Militares Colloquia Torunensia Historica. Yearbook for the Study of the Military Orders; Vol. 25 (2020); 245-296;
  Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica; Bd. 25 (2020); 245-296;
  Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica; V. 25 (2020); 245-296;
  2391-7512;
  0867-2008
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/OM/article/view/OM.2020.011/27643
• Subject:
  history;
  the Middle Ages;
  military orders;
  ships;
  Templars;
  trade;
  maritime warfare;
  crews
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/OM/article/view/OM.2020.011
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text