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The Templars

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698186435
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Templars written by Dan Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read.” – The Times, Book of the Year A New York Times bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is “a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger" – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem A faltering war in the middle east. A band of elite warriors determined to fight to the death to protect Christianity’s holiest sites. A global financial network unaccountable to any government. A sinister plot founded on a web of lies. Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade decides to set up a new order. These are the first Knights Templar, a band of elite warriors prepared to give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Over the next two hundred years, the Templars would become the most powerful religious order of the medieval world. Their legend has inspired fervent speculation ever since. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Dan Jones tells the true story of the Templars for the first time in a generation, drawing on extensive original sources to build a gripping account of these Christian holy warriors whose heroism and alleged depravity have been shrouded in myth. The Templars were protected by the pope and sworn to strict vows of celibacy. They fought the forces of Islam in hand-to-hand combat on the sun-baked hills where Jesus lived and died, finding their nemesis in Saladin, who vowed to drive all Christians from the lands of Islam. Experts at channeling money across borders, they established the medieval world’s largest and most innovative banking network and waged private wars against anyone who threatened their interests. Then, as they faced setbacks at the hands of the ruthless Mamluk sultan Baybars and were forced to retreat to their stronghold in Cyprus, a vindictive and cash-strapped King of France set his sights on their fortune. His administrators quietly mounted a damning case against the Templars, built on deliberate lies and false testimony. On Friday October 13, 1307, hundreds of brothers were arrested, imprisoned and tortured, and the order was disbanded amid lurid accusations of sexual misconduct and heresy. They were tried by the Pope in secret proceedings and their last master was brutally tortured and burned at the stake. But were they heretics or victims of a ruthlessly repressive state? Dan Jones goes back to the sources tobring their dramatic tale, so relevant to our own times, to life in a book that is at once authoritative and compulsively readable.

The Rise & Fall of the Knights Templar

Author : Gordon Napier
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752473581
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Rise & Fall of the Knights Templar written by Gordon Napier and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly readable look at the lifespan of the famous Knights Templar, who were warrior monks and the first disciplined, regulated, and uniformed standing army since antiquity throughout Europe and the Holy Lands—an economic force to be reckoned with and perhaps an institution guarding dark secrets. The origins of the concept of Holy War are explored, from Biblical times through the rise of Islam and the Christian movement, which inspired untold thousands to set out to recapture Jerusalem, as warriors and as pilgrims. This book explains how nine knights led by Hugues de Payens came from France to guard pilgrims in the Holy Land, how they gained the site of the Temple of Solomon, and what they did there, including a reevaluation of the historical evidence. Other topics discussed include how an unprecedented religious Order grew and pledged to bloodshed in defense of pilgrims, the territory conquered by the Crusaders, and the role and agenda of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and other powerful backers. The Order's contribution to the ongoing Crusades is explained, as well as their military tactics and organization and the fortresses and bases they established. Discussion of the fate of the Order after the failure of the Crusades includes a detailed examination of the charges of occult rituals involving idol worship, spitting on the Cross, and obscene kisses, through to the burning of the last Grand Master Jacques de Molay in 1314.

Templars Rising

Author : J. A. Bouma
Publisher : EmmausWay Press
ISBN 13 : 1948545225
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Templars Rising written by J. A. Bouma and published by EmmausWay Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legend 900 years in the making rises again to protect the Church The day before Easter 1119, 700 unarmed Jerusalem Christian pilgrims were savagely attacked by Muslims from two nearby cities. Three hundred were slaughtered, sixty more were taken as slaves—and nine men rose to avenge their deaths and pledge their lives to "the defense of Jerusalem and the protection of pilgrims." The Knights Templar, robed in white with crimson crosses and armed to protect Christians from threatening persecution. Nine hundred years later, a series of similar devastating, coordinated attacks leaves the Church reeling during Holy Week—and bewildered by the possibility that the legendary Knights of Christ have risen from the shadows of legend into the light of activation. When the Order of Thaddeus, ancient defender of the Christian faith, is embroiled in the mayhem without any answers, SEPIO launches its most harrowing operation yet—to not only protect the Church and bring the perpetrators to justice, but to confront the mysterious men in white avenging Christian persecution once again. Templars Rising is a story of faith and persecution, vengeance and martyrdom that leverages the familiar conspiracy suspense of Dan Brown, the special-ops muscle of James Rollins's Sigma Force novels, and the historical insight of Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series—delivering an explosive religious thriller that abandons Hollywood-style Templar conspiracies for the remarkable historical truth behind the ancient religious order. In a truly original story ripped from the unreported headlines chronicling the horrifying persecution of the worldwide Church, J. A. Bouma combines fact, faith, and fiction like few contemporary religious storytellers—weaving an adventurous, action-packed page-turner with a compelling, inspiring message for believers and non-believers alike about the nature of faith and ones unashamed commitment to it—even unto death. Grab the 6th book in the bestselling religious suspense series readers say offers a "highly entertaining" and "compelling read"!

The Templars

Author : Jochen Burgtorf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000374963
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Templars written by Jochen Burgtorf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the oldest of the military religious orders and the one with an unexpected and dramatic downfall, the knighthood of the Templars continues to fascinate academics and students as well as the public at large. A collection of fifteen chapters accompanied by a historical introduction, The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order recounts and analyzes this community’s rise and establishment in both the crusader states of the eastern Mediterranean and the countries of western Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflects on the proceedings launched against it and its subsequent fall (1307–1314), and explores its medieval and post-medieval legacy, including an assessment of current research pertaining to the Templars and suggestions for future explorations. Showcasing a wide range of methodological approaches and primary source materials, this volume unites historical, art-historical, theological, archaeological, and historiographical perspectives, and it features the work and voices of scholars from various academic generations who reside in eight different countries (Israel, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, and the United States of America).

The Tragedy of the Templars

Author : Michael Haag
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062059777
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Tragedy of the Templars written by Michael Haag and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the rise of Templar power and the saga of their destruction. Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies of the medieval world—and the chief defenders of Christian society against growing Muslim forces. In The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States, Haag masterfully details the conflicts and betrayals that sent this faction of powerful knights spiraling from domination to condemnation. This stirring and thoroughly researched work of historical investigation includes maps and full-color photographs of important cultural sites, many of which doubled as battlefields during the Crusades.

The Templars

Author : Piers Paul Read
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780753810873
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Templars written by Piers Paul Read and published by Orion Publishing Group. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sifting myth from history, Piers Paul Read reveals the Templars ¿ the multinational force of warrior monks, in their white tunics with red crosses over chainmail. They were not only unique among Christian institutions but constituted the first uniformed standing army in the western world and became pioneers of international banking. Expropriated by Philip IV of France in 1307, and confessing under torture to blasphemy, heresy and sodomy, the Order was finally suppressed by Pope Clement V in 1312. In a narrative that incorporates the story of the crusades and the many colourful characters who had links with the Templars, Piers Paul Read examines the question of their guilt and identifies their relevance to our own times. 'A highly readable and nicely paced book that draws on the lessons of modern historical scholarship while also communicating a sense of narrative excitement and drive' 'Evocative, measured and engaging' Evening Standard 'Magnificent in every way' Mail on Sunday

The Trial of the Templars

Author : Malcolm Barber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110764576X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Trial of the Templars written by Malcolm Barber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barber's classic account endeavours to tackle the unresolved controversies surrounding the consequences of the trial.

The Rise & Fall of the Knights Templar

Author : Gordon Napier
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752473581
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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The Templars

Author : Barbara Frale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628721073
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Templars written by Barbara Frale and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Frale gives us an explosive, exhaustively researched history of the medieval world’s most powerful military order, the Templars. At its height, the Order of the Knights Templar rivaled the kingdoms of Europe in military might, economic power, and political influence. For 700 years, the tragic demise of this society of warrior-monks amid accusations of heresy has been plagued by controversy, in part because the transcript of their trial by the Inquisition—which held the key to the truth—had vanished. Templar historian Barbara Frale happened to be studying a document at the Vatican Secret Archives when she suddenly realized that it was none other than the long-lost transcript! It revealed that Pope Clement V had absolved the order of all charges of heresy. The Templars chronicles the spectacular rise and fall of the organization against a sweeping backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the struggle for dominance, and finally lifts the centuries-old cloak of mystery surrounding one of the world’s most intriguing secret societies.

The Templars

Author : Jochen Burgtorf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000374998
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Templars written by Jochen Burgtorf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the oldest of the military religious orders and the one with an unexpected and dramatic downfall, the knighthood of the Templars continues to fascinate academics and students as well as the public at large. A collection of fifteen chapters accompanied by a historical introduction, The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order recounts and analyzes this community’s rise and establishment in both the crusader states of the eastern Mediterranean and the countries of western Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflects on the proceedings launched against it and its subsequent fall (1307–1314), and explores its medieval and post-medieval legacy, including an assessment of current research pertaining to the Templars and suggestions for future explorations. Showcasing a wide range of methodological approaches and primary source materials, this volume unites historical, art-historical, theological, archaeological, and historiographical perspectives, and it features the work and voices of scholars from various academic generations who reside in eight different countries (Israel, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, and the United States of America).

The Templars and the Assassins

Author : James Wasserman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594778736
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Templars and the Assassins written by James Wasserman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • An examination of the interactions of the Christian Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts, the Assassins, and of the profound changes in Western society that resulted. • Restores the reputation of the secret Muslim order of the Assassins, disparaged as the world's first terrorist group. • Dispels many myths about the Knights Templar and provides the most incisive portrait of them to date. A thousand years ago Christian battled Muslim for possession of a strip of land upon which both their religions were founded. These Crusades changed the course of Western history, but less known is the fact that they also were the meeting ground for two legendary secret societies: The Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts, the Assassins. In The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven, occult scholar and secret society member James Wasserman provides compelling evidence that the interaction of the Knights Templar and the Assassins in the Holy Land transformed the Templars from the Pope's private army into a true occult society, from which they would sow the seeds of the Renaissance and the Western Mystery Tradition. Both orders were destroyed as heretical some seven hundred years ago, but Templar survivors are believed to have carried the secret teachings of the East into an occult underground, from which sprang both Rosicrucianism and Masonry. Assassin survivors, known as Nizari Ismailis, flourish to this day under the spiritual leadership of the Aga Khan. Wasserman strips the myths from both groups and penetrates to the heart of their enlightened beliefs and rigorous practices, delivering the most probing picture yet of these holy warriors.

Atlantis Rising Magazine Issue 20 – TEMPLAR TREASURE IN AMERICA? download PDF

Author : atlantisrising.com
Publisher : Atlantis Rising magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlantis Rising Magazine Issue 20 – TEMPLAR TREASURE IN AMERICA? download PDF written by atlantisrising.com and published by Atlantis Rising magazine. This book was released on with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LETTERS EARLY RAYS THRESHOLD THE MIAMI CIRCLE Is the Newly Discovered Ruin Connected with Stonehenge? UNDERWATER TOWERS Do New Discoveries near Japan Point to Ancient Lemuria? INDIA—30,000 B.C. Do the Origins of Indian Culture Lie at the Bottom of the Indian Ocean? INNER WINDOWS TO THE PAST Can Psi Archaeology Solve Earth’s Mysteries? ROBERT BAUVAL ON ALEXANDRIA Can the Lost Ancient Knowledge be Recovered ? SECRECY IN HIGH PLACES What Do Government Bureaucrats Have to Do with Covering Up the Secrets of Free Energy? THE MYTHIC JEAN HOUSTON The Powerful Insights of a New Age Leader TEMPLAR TREASURE IN AMERICA? New Light on the Oak Island Mystery LIVE FROM HEAVEN? Instrumental Transcommunication UFOs AS TIME MACHINES A Startling New Theory ASTROLOGY BOOKS RECORDINGS

Atlantis Rising Magazine - 126 November/December 2017

Author : J. Douglas Kenyon
Publisher : Atlantis Rising LLC
ISBN 13 : 0999509500
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Atlantis Rising Magazine - 126 November/December 2017 written by J. Douglas Kenyon and published by Atlantis Rising LLC. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In This Issue . . . p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #4d4d4d; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} span.s3 {font: 12.0px Times; font-kerning: none; color: #000000} LIVING FOR CENTURIES? Should Ancient Tales of Extreme Longevity Be Taken Seriously? BY WILLIAM B. STOECKER THE SPHINX BREAKS ITS SILENCE Hieorglyphs Say She Was the Lioness Mehit Who Guarded an Ancient Archive BY ROBERT M. SCHOCH, Ph.D. THE TRIALS OF THE SHROUD Science vs. Faith--Why the Jury Is Still Out BY MICHAEL E. TYMN ANCIENT HIGH TECHNOLOGY Debunking the Myth of 'Primitive' Ancestors BY FRANK JOSEPH THE BIRTH OF A TEMPLAR NATION How the Knights Templar Created Europe's First Nation-State and a Refuge for the Grail BY FREDDY SILVA ALTERNATIVE NEWS NEANDERTHAL MULTIPLICATION AMERICA'S CHEROKEE ROOTS RETURN TO THE 'HALL OF RECORDS'? NEW SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY FOR ANCIENT 'GIANTS' NANO HEALING FROM COSTA RICA TO BOSNIA, STONE SPHERES YET UNEXPLAINED CAREERS BECKON FOR ASPIRING PLANETARY PROTECTORS IAPETUS FINGERED AS 'DEATH STAR'? IS THE UNIVERSE CONSCIOUS? VINDICATION FOR EASTER ISLAND PEOPLE There Was No 'Ecocide' Here, but its History Still Baffles the Experts BY MARTIN RUGGLES REVISITING THE MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 Is History Now, but Carl Johan Calleman Is Still Looking for Secrets BY ROBERT MENDEL MASONIC SINGAPORE The Esoteric Beginnings of the World's Richest City BY STEPHEN V. O'ROURKE THE ASTRONOMERS OF SKARA BRAE How Much Do We Owe These Neolithic Geniuses? BY STEVEN SORA SPACE TRAVEL OF THE MIND The Case of Camile Flammarion--Ahead of His Time, and Then Some BY JOHN CHAMBERS MOROCCO HOMO SAPIENS--A SMALL STEP FORWARD? BY MICHAEL CREMO THE MYTHIC CODE Understanding the Signs and Symbols of Astrology BY JULIE LOAR PUBLISHER'S LETTER EYE-OPENING ANCIENT WISDOM BY J. DOUGLAS KENYON

The Persecution of the Knights Templar: Scandal, Torture, Trial

Author : Alain Demurger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643130897
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Persecution of the Knights Templar: Scandal, Torture, Trial written by Alain Demurger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of history's most infamous trial, following the doomed Order of the Knights Templar from scandal to suppression. The trial of the Knights Templar is one of the most infamous in history. Accused of heresy by the king of France, the Templars were arrested and imprisoned, had their goods seized and their monasteries ransacked. Under brutal interrogation and torture, many made shocking confessions: denial of Christ, desecration of the Cross, sex acts, and more. This narrative follows the everyday reality of the trial, from the early days of scandal and scheming in 1305, via torture, imprisonment and the dissolution of the order, to 1314, when leaders Jacques de Molay and Geoffroy de Charnay were burned at the stake. Through first-hand testimony and written records of the interrogations of 231 French Templars, this book illuminates the stories of hundreds of ordinary members, some of whom testified at the trial, as well as the many others who denied the charges or retracted their confessions. This is a deeply researched and immersive account that gives a striking vision of the relentless persecution, and the oft-underestimated resistance, of the once-mighty Knights Templar.

Templars

Author : Michael Haag
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847652514
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Templars written by Michael Haag and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested, accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, and their leaders were burnt at the stake. Part guide, part history, this book investigates the Templar legends and legacy - from the mysteries of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, via nineteenth century development of the Freemasons, through to Templar appearances in Dan Brown and Indiana Jones. This book explains the whole context of Templar history, including the recent evidence discovered by the Vatican that the Templars were not guilty of heresy. It also features a guide to Templar castles and sites.

The history of the Knights Templars, the Temple church, and the Temple

Author : Charles Greenstreet Addison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The history of the Knights Templars, the Temple church, and the Temple written by Charles Greenstreet Addison and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Knights Templar at War, 1120–1312

Author : Paul Hill
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473874947
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar at War, 1120–1312 written by Paul Hill and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history—includes numerous illustrations. There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula, and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated. This book focuses on how this military order prosecuted its wars. The order was founded as a response to attacks on pilgrims in the Holy Land, and it was involved in countless battles and sieges, always at the forefront of crusading warfare. This absorbing study examines why they were such an important aspect of medieval warfare on the frontiers of Christendom for nearly two hundred years. The author shows how they were funded and supplied, how they organized their forces on campaign and on the battlefield, and the strategies and tactics they employed in the various theaters of warfare in which they fought. Templar leadership and command and control are examined, and sections cover their battles and campaigns, fortifications, and castles.