I am essay a novel about a Templar Knights as well as wondered how they would have trafficked from London to Jerusalem.
Would they have shipped to France as well as afterwards walked by Europe to Jerusalem or would they have shipped from London, left by a Mediteranian as well as to Jerusalem which way?
I additionally wish to know how prolonged both trips would have taken.
Thanks really much
Taken ships from London to Marseilles or other big ports in Europe. Then other ships to around Jerusalem- it really depended on which year it was and who was in control of which port in the Middle East.
good luck with that paper, I like that subject
Until the templars had taken Jerusalem and set up a fort at the port of Acre they used to mainly walk. After Acre they mainly sailed.
they are not Templar Knights , they are The Knights Templar named after the Temple of Jerusalem where they stayed.( in the stables)
The real title was the “poor knights of Christ”, there was originally only 9 of them and the stated objective was to protect pilgrims on the road to Jerusalem.
They grew to become on e of the most powerful forces in medieval Europe and had the protection of many popes and also the Bishop Bernard of Clairvaux (St Bernard).
The walking journey took months , the sea journey took weeks.
TGV
Find a book called Crusader by Tim Severin
Depending on the location of nations, they would have engaged in different actions when marching towards Jerusalem. The most common form of transport for The Knights Templar and crusading English forces would have been fleets of Galley (a type of boat). They would depart London and sail down the West coast of Portugal, traveling to a major port, usually in Sicily. Here they would re-stock on essential supplies (food,water plus other resources), and rest.
An interchange with another vessel would take place and then they would continue their journey to the Middle-East.
There is little doubt in my mind that the Middle-Eastern ocean was very dangerous on some occasions and heavily defended, and so it is quite possible ships would dock in Greece, particularly near the Byzantine city of Constantinople where it was secure and easy to deploy troops. However they would need to move through Turkey to reach their objective. The First Crusade that was ordered by Pope Urban the II in 1095, took this route and over half the participants perished from the harsh desert landscape, before the holy lands were set foot upon.
In your novel it really depends on which one you think is more realistic – it doesn’t really matter, in fact choosing one idea might give you the ability to add extra detail and events. Whichever one interests you most, they are both acceptable.
Glad to help and good luck.