http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8151 Hernan Reyes Thu, 28 May 2009 13:57:39 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm#comment-8151 Question for DerantW : Do you have a source for this "relationship" between the Georgian rulers and the Frankish participants? Do you have any more information on the actual composition of the "little reinforcement" ? Were they crusaders from a specific nation, or knights of an order? Do you have any references for this? Question for DerantW : Do you have a source for this “relationship” between the Georgian rulers and the Frankish participants? Do you have any more information on the actual composition of the “little reinforcement” ? Were they crusaders from a specific nation, or knights of an order? Do you have any references for this?

]]> http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8107 DerantW Thu, 21 May 2009 02:58:43 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm#comment-8107 I fear I found a little mistake in this article. King David's army consisted of up to 40.000 georgian soldiers and up to 20.000 cipchak warriors, with a few hundred Alan mercenaries and franksish crusaders. David asked for at least one soldier from every noble georgian family and all of the cipchak tribes. There was some kind of a relationship between the georgian rulers and some of the frankish partisipants of the crusades. That could explain why the little reinforcement arrived so quickly. I fear I found a little mistake in this article. King David’s army consisted of up to 40.000 georgian soldiers and up to 20.000 cipchak warriors, with a few hundred Alan mercenaries and franksish crusaders. David asked for at least one soldier from every noble georgian family and all of the cipchak tribes.
There was some kind of a relationship between the georgian rulers and some of the frankish partisipants of the crusades. That could explain why the little reinforcement arrived so quickly.

]]> http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7949 Hernan Reyes Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:41:42 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/miraculous-victory-battle-of-didgori-1121.htm#comment-7949 Congratulations on this unique and valuable article! For some reason, Western historians have until now, with this article, totally ignored the great victory at Didgori, even though there was a significant contingent of Knights Templars who took part in it. This Major Georgian contribution to the Crusades is simply forgotten, even by eminent historians such as René Grousset among others. There is mention in Walther Gauthier's "Bella Antiochene", only accessible in English in an out of print version by Ashgate Publications. Anyone interested in Crusading history would do well to visit the site of the battle in the republic of Georgia. It is a most moving monument to the Christian faith of King Davit Aghmashenebeli, and more than well worth the trip and the hike from Tbilisi! Congratulations on this unique and valuable article! For some reason, Western historians have until now, with this article, totally ignored the great victory at Didgori, even though there was a significant contingent of Knights Templars who took part in it. This Major Georgian contribution to the Crusades is simply forgotten, even by eminent historians such as René Grousset among others. There is mention in Walther Gauthier’s “Bella Antiochene”, only accessible in English in an out of print version by Ashgate Publications.
Anyone interested in Crusading history would do well to visit the site of the battle in the republic of Georgia. It is a most moving monument to the Christian faith of King Davit Aghmashenebeli, and more than well worth the trip and the hike from Tbilisi!

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