The Hospitaller's Vow

Is there righteous violence? A Hospitaller's defense of the innocent.

1180-1192. Étienne de Montbéliard carries the silver cross from Jerusalem during the fall of the city. As a Hospitaller knight, he must navigate the question: is there such a thing as righteous violence? The cross guides him through the siege of Acre and the defense of the innocent.

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