Ecclesiastical KnightsWarrior monksthe misnomer for the Iberian military orders that emerged on the frontiers of Europe in the twelfth centuryhave long fascinated general readers and professional historians alike. Proposing ecclesiastical knights as a more accurate name and conceptual modelwarriors animated by ideals and spiritual currents endorsed by the church hierarchyauthor Sam Zeno Conedera presents a groundbreaking study of how these orders brought the seemingly