Modern foreign historiography of spiritual and knightly orders and their participation in the Crusades

This article is devoted to the consideration and analysis of modern foreign historiography on issue Spiritual Knightly Orders Crusades. The purpose a historiographical review works by authors, both articles, monographs dissertations, collections conference papers this main recent trends in study their role Crusades, which influenced not only further medieval history Western Europe, but World history, up present day. topic, despite its seeming ordinariness study, revealed every time from new side problem relationship between West East so much militarized as cultural socio-economic, women Orders, since gender issue, previously practically untouched, today one most important problems, well church propaganda, ideology changes mentality European society, formation ideal chivalry, all relevant at stage development international relations historical context. uses comparative-historical, retrospective historical-critical methods, cognitive interdisciplinary methods that allow us consider historiography. Keywords: spiritual knightly orders, Templar Order, Hospitaller papal bulls, Middle Ages