The Templar Knight
Title | The Templar Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Guillou |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 509 |
Release | 2010-04-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0061992577 |
Swedish author Jan Guillou follows up the highly acclaimed The Road to Jerusalem with the second book in his Knights Templar trilogy. The Knight Templar follows Arn's adventures in the Holy Land, where he discovers that the infidel Saracens aren’t as brutish and uncivilised as he had been led to believe, and that in fact there is another, darker side to the teaching of the Cistercians.
The Knights Templar
Title | The Knights Templar PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Griffith-Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781841653099 |
An entertaining historical guide to the legendary and mysterious order of medieval warrior knights who have been associated with everything from freemasonry to the Holy Grail, and the Shroud of Turin. This authoritative guide includes the medieval legends of the templars in romantic and epic literature, their doomed Crusades and dominance in Christendom, their fall from grace and disbandment by the Pope, while also reporting on this surviving sect’s secretive and unusual activities today.
The history of the Knights Templars, the Temple church, and the Temple
Title | The history of the Knights Templars, the Temple church, and the Temple PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Greenstreet Addison |
Publisher | |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1842 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Knights Templar
Title | The Knights Templar PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Howarth |
Publisher | Barnes & Noble Publishing |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780880296632 |
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 Templars
Title | The Knights Templars PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Sanello |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publishing |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2005-08-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1461635578 |
Gives a vivid description about how the Templars were formed as a strict religious-military order, how they got the political and financial power beyond the military power, and their passed down legends.
Secrets of the Knights Templar
Title | Secrets of the Knights Templar PDF eBook |
Author | Susie Hodge |
Publisher | Quercus |
Pages | 461 |
Release | 2013-12-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1623650534 |
Secrets of the Knights Templar is the compelling chronicle of the warrior monks and their fight to defend the Catholic faith, and of their participation in the efforts to vie for control of the Holy Land with the Muslim armies of Kurdish military genius Saladin and his successors. Informally organized in 1119 to protect pilgrims on their journeys to visit the Holy Land, and officially sanctioned by the Catholic Church in 1129, the medieval Knights Templar grew into an elite fighting force that played a central role in the battles of the Crusades. They were highly trained, well equipped, and unafraid to take up the sword to defend the church at the limits of western civilization. Though Templar was initially celebrated for their military acumen and acts of bravery, the once-celebrated order was eventually dismantled in disgrace, accused of political crimes as well as crimes against the faith. With its concise, authoritative, and accessible narrative--amplified by extensive citations from contemporary sources, and accompanied by generously captioned and stunning images of the period--Secrets of the Knights Templar brings a distant era of history dramatically and vividly to life. It is the perfect gift for anyone with a love of medieval, religious, or military history. From the Hardcover edition.
Sacred Sites of the Knights Templar (Nipb)
Title | Sacred Sites of the Knights Templar (Nipb) PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781610595100 |
All across the continent of Europe, massive stone monuments erected by a prehistoric culture can be found. These megalithic stones, resisting centuries of weathering or assaults by modern men, are all that remain of a society that has been erased by time. Stonehenge is the most familiar of these megalithic monuments, but in fact represents only one of many similar sites. Who were the people who built these monuments? Why were these stones significant to them? Sacred Sites of the Knights Templar examines sacred megalithic sites across the globeùsuch as Stonehenge and Rennes-le-Chateau -- revealing the astronomical significance of these sites as well as the secrets that significance bore to the Knights Templar. This revolutionary book offers a new explanation for two main subjects: The distribution and meaning of the megalithic monuments of Europe, which were constructed to commemorate astronomical events Evidence for a continuing and hidden philosophy based on ancient astronomy maintained in secret by the Knights Templar and in turn by the Freemasons The author offers theories regarding these sitesùtheir meanings, their secrets, their lasting impression on the Western World, and their sacred symbolic influences on Freemasonry throughout history.