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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 Knights Templar

Author : Sean Martin
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786727926
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar written by Sean Martin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an essential exploration into the history of a legendary group of Crusaders, which are prominently featured in Dan Brown's recent best seller, The Da Vinci Code. The Knights Templar rose from humble beginnings to become the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, they participated in the Crusades and rapidly gained wealth, lands, and influence. Seemingly untouchable for nearly two centuries, they fell from grace spectacularly after the loss of the Holy Land. In the ensuing centuries the Templars have exerted a unique influence over European history; orthodox historians see them as nothing more than soldier-monks whose arrogance was their ultimate undoing, while others see them as occultists of the first order. With clarity and ease, Martin navigates between the orthodox and the speculative, the historical and the myth, to bring alive the story of the Templars. Like those other legends of the Middle Ages -- the characters of the Arthurian tales -- The Knights Templar holds captive the imagination of all those intrigued by conspiracy and how history and myth intertwine to become the stuff of legend.

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 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.

Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars

Author : James Burnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars written by James Burnes and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Knights Templar

Author : Stephen Howarth
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780880296632
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (966 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar written by Stephen Howarth and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The age of the Crusades encompassed the rise and fall of a singular Order of fighting men, equally devoted to God, war and the defense of Palestine. After the Crusades the Templars obeyed no one except the Pope and acquired land and castles by gift, conquest and purchase, becoming a church within the Church. They were bankers, merchants, diplomats and tax gatherers, and though they themselves were poor, the wealth of their Order was legendary. As the nation states arose the Templars were accused of heresy, treachery, sodomy, usury, blasphemy and idolatry. The author assesses the faults and fine qualities of the brotherhood, examining the reasons for its initial allure and eventual, ignominious obliteration.

The Knights Templar

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855842815
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in the early twelfth century, allegedly to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, the Knights Templar became famous for their pioneer banking system, crusading zeal, and strict vows of obedience, chastity and poverty. Having grown to some 15,000 men, they came to be perceived as a threat by Philip the Fair, who in 1307 disbanded the group and tortured their leaders for confessions. The French king accused the order of heresy, sodomy and blasphemy. Recent works of fiction and popular histories have created a resurgence of interest in the mysterious Knights Templar. Numerous contradictory and fantastic claims are made about them, adding to the enigma that already surrounds the warrior monks of France. In this unique collection of lecture material and writings from Rudolf Steiner, a new perspective emerges. Based on his spiritual perceptions, Steiner speaks of the Templars' connection to the esoteric tradition of St John, their relationship with the Holy Grail, and their spiritual dedication to Christ. He describes the secret order that existed within the Templars, and the strange rituals they performed. He also throws light on the Templars' attitude to the Roman Church, and the spiritual forces that inspired their torture and confessions.

Knights Templar in Britain

Author : Evelyn Lord
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317866428
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Knights Templar in Britain written by Evelyn Lord and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knights Templar In Britain examines exactly who became knights, what rituals sustained them, where the power bases were, and how their tentacles spread through the political and economic worlds of Britain before their defeat at the hands of the Inquisition some two hundred years later. Founded in the early twelfth century, the mysterious Knights Templar rose to be the most powerful military order of the Middle Ages. While their campaign in the Middle East and travels are well-known, their huge influence across the British isles remains virtually uncharted. For readers interested in Medieval History.

Secret Societies of the Middle Ages

Author : Thomas Keightley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Secret Societies of the Middle Ages written by Thomas Keightley and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Secrets of the Knights Templar

Author : Susie Hodge
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780879989
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Knights Templar written by Susie Hodge and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knights Templar are one of the most secretive and powerful religious orders in history: for over two centuries they were the elite fighting force of the Crusades. Highly trained, and adhering to a strict chivalric code, their success on the battlefield brought them both wealth and political influence. But it is the legends and secrecy surrounding the order and its Grand Masters that continue to fascinate historians and general readers alike. Secrets of the Knights Templar examines each of these mysteries in turn to reveal the truth about the Knights' secret practices, rituals and codes, as well as the continued influence of the Templars today. From the true location of the Holy Grail to the Templars' involvement in the Battle of Bannockburn, and from the sudden downfall of the order to modern-day claims of descent - S. J. Hodge uncovers the hidden links behind the stories and separates historical fact from fiction.

A Brief History of the Knights Templar

Author : James Burnes
Publisher : Ozymandias Press
ISBN 13 : 1531288871
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the Knights Templar written by James Burnes and published by Ozymandias Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in the year 1119, the twentieth of the Christian dominion in Syria, that nine pious and valiant Knights, the greater part of whom had been the companions of Godfrey de Bouillon, formed themselves into an association, the object of which was to protect and defend Pilgrims on their visits to the holy places. These Knights, of whom the two chief were Hugo de Payens and Godfrey de St. Omer, vowed, in honour of the sweet Mother of God, to unite Monkhood and Knighthood; their pious design met with the warm approbation of the King and the Patriarch, and in the hands of the latter they made the three ordinary vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and a fourth, of combating without ceasing against the heathen, in defence of Pilgrims and of the Holy Land; and bound themselves to live according to the rule of the canons of St. Augustine, at Jerusalem. The King assigned them for their abode a part of his palace, which stood close by where had stood the Temple of the Lord. He and his barons contributed to their support, and the abbot and canons of the Temple assigned them for the keeping of their arms and magazines the street between it and the royal palace, and hence they took the name of the soldiery of the Temple, or Templars. When Fulk, Count of Anjou, in the year following the formation of the society, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Order was even then in such repute that he joined it as a married brother, and on his return home remitted them annually thirty pounds of silver to aid them in their pious labours, and his example was followed by several other Christian princes.

The Knights Templar

Author : Helen Nicholson
Publisher : Past Imperfect
ISBN 13 : 9781641891684
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar written by Helen Nicholson and published by Past Imperfect. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belligerent warmongers or saintly monks? This book surveys the Knights Templar, exploring the controversies that still surround this famous medieval institution.

A Brief History of the Knights Templar

Author : Helen Nicholson
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472117875
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the Knights Templar written by Helen Nicholson and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the Knights Templar in recent years. A leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order now writes a full account of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon, to give them their full title, bringing the latest findings to a general audience. Putting many of the myths finally to rest, Nicholson recounts a new history of these storm troopers of the papacy, founded during the crusades but who got so rich and influential that they challenged the power of kings.

The Knights Templar Revealed

Author : Alan Butler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845293482
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar Revealed written by Alan Butler and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So state the authors, Alan Butler and Stephen Dafoe, in their much-acclaimed work The Warriors and the Bankers. But where did they come from, these mysterious white-mantled Knights of Christ, and were they simply a reflection of early twelfth-century Christian thinking? This is a question that Butler and Dafoe set out to answer - the discoveries they made will result in a dramatic reassessment of the whole period relating to the First Crusade and far beyond. The true genesis of the Knights Templar belong far back in time, long before Christianity even developed. The Templars were an offshoot of a little understood monastic brotherhood - the Cistercians, who themselves danced to the tune of an extremely powerful group of individuals inhabiting Burgundy and Flanders from the time of the Romans onwards. Butler and Dafoe offer a detailed account of the rise of a specific group identified as 'the Troyes Fraternity' that did not simply respond to the caprices of history; they made it. Behind the Knights Templar lay a pattern of belief almost as old as humanity and a heritage that was already ancient before recorded history began. The story is both fascinating and compulsive. It will le

The Knights Templar

Author : Conrad Bauer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar written by Conrad Bauer and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the leaders of the Knights Templar, the fiercest warriors of the Church during the Crusades, from beginning to end. The Knights Templar is one of history's greatest mysteries. They began as a completely transparent, public apparatus of European Christendom in the Middle Ages but eventually transformed into what many would regard as a secret society. Leading the Knights throughout these changes were their Grand Masters. These men were military as well as spiritual masters who led by their own example. Their dedication was shown by their steadfast refusal to surrender or retreat from battle, and several of them paid for that dedication with their lives or freedom. This book follows all of these colossal figures from the Templars' founder Hugues de Payens all the way to their final ill-fated Grand Master, Jacques de Molay. Here you will find innumerable accounts of epic battles as well as all the intrigue and political wrangling that came along with the Crusades. This book follows the rise and fall of the Crusader Kingdom of the High Middle Ages as seen through the eyes of the ultimate caretaker of the Holy Land-the Templar Grand Masters. During their tenure, most served with great distinction and nobility, but a few revealed motives not entirely becoming of their chivalrous order. After some 200 years of service, the Templars and their Grand Masters were abruptly disbanded in the early 1300s, widely believed to have fallen victim to the corruption and political intrigue of the day. The Templar's history spanning from the 1100s to the early 1300s, as generally told, is more than enough to make for a riveting telling of events. But some believe that's not the end of the story. Could it be that the Knights Templar have secretly continued to exist throughout history? Could freemasonry and its tradition of referring to its leadership as Grand Masters a part of this tradition? Scroll back up and order your copy today!

The Everyday Life of the Templars

Author : Helen J. Nicholson
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Everyday Life of the Templars written by Helen J. Nicholson and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Knights Templar

Author : Conrad Bauer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519488763
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book The Knights Templar written by Conrad Bauer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of incredible turns of events including secrets, deceits, lies and betrayals, the history of the Knights Templar from their triumphant conquests to their abrupt fall still fascinates. Find out the hidden history of the Knights Templar that really lead to their demise. The Knights Templar existed officially for less than 200 years. Founded to protect pilgrims who were travelling through the Holy Lands, their rise to power was sudden. They became some of the most feared warriors in the region, they had a mandate from God, they controlled perhaps the world's first real banking system, and they waged war against anyone who tried to wrestle Christianity's holiest grounds from the control of the Catholic Church. Within their short lifespan, they quickly became one of the most powerful societies in Europe, if not the world. But, just as they rose to power with relative speed, they fell from grace just as fast. Forged in the crucible of Middle Eastern conflict, their power was soon resented and feared. Before they could become even more powerful, the greatest nations in Europe and the Church turned on them. The once powerful Templars were hunted, caught, tortured, and eventually burned at the stake. According to their prosecutors, they were a devil-worshipping secret society who spat on the cross and plotted against the Pope. They were officially disbanded and their members treated with extreme contempt and prejudice. Or so goes the official story. In this book, we will not only look into the official history of the Knights Templar, but will examine the various ways their influence and ideas have tunnelled their way into the modern world. A group this powerful does not vanish overnight. Instead, their history has been linked to the Freemasons, to vicious curses, to the butchery of the Crusades, and even to Christian relics such as the Holy Grail. For many people, the Templars did not vanish and they did not relinquish their tight grip on the power structures of mediaeval Europe. Instead, they went underground. Read on to discover the dark and twisted secret history of the Knights Templar. Scroll back up and grab your copy today!