tHe challenges of medieval communication: The military orders

it is the thesis of this study that research into medieval communication, its audiences, purposes, and channels, plays a central role in a better understanding of the crusades. the military Orders played a significant role in communication developments in europe and the levant, because their international character and the fact that their own survival relied on their ability to exchange accurate information in the shortest period. the significant increase in letter exchange, the acceleration of information transmission, and the new awareness of delivering reliable information in the shortest period, all these developments reflect the decisive role of the military Orders in the emergence of a more communication-oriented society at the late middle ages.