Author: Malcolm Barber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107604737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
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The Order of the Temple was founded in 1119 with the limited aim of protecting pilgrims around Jerusalem. It developed into one of the most powerful corporations in the medieval world which lasted for nearly two centuries until its suppression in 1312. Despite the loss of its central archive in the sixteenth century, the Order left many records of its existence as the spearhead of crusading activity in Palestine and Syria, as the administrator of a great network of preceptories and lands in the Latin west, and as a banker and ship-owner. Because of the dramatic nature of its abolition, it has retained its grip on the imagination and consequently there has developed an entirely fictional 'after-history' in which its secret presence has been evoked to explain mysteries which range from masonic conspiracy to the survival of the Turin Shroud. This book offers a concise and up-to-date introduction to the reality and the myth of this extraordinary institution.
Author: Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux)
Publisher: Cistercian Publications Books
ISBN: 9780879071202
Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The monk and the knight -- the two quintessentially medieval European heroes -- were combined in the Knights Templar and in the other military orders founded in the era of the Crusades. With characteristic eloquence, Bernard of Clairvaux voices the cleric's view of knights, warfare, and the conquest of the Holy Land in five chapters on the knights' vocation. Then the cistercian abbot who never visited Palestine and discouraged monks who proposed doing so, in another eight chapters, provides a spiritual tour of the pilgrimage sites guarded by this 'new kind of knighthood and one unknown to ages gone by.'
Author: Malcolm Barber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110764576X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 407
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Barber's classic account endeavours to tackle the unresolved controversies surrounding the consequences of the trial.
Author: Malcolm Barber
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Languages : en
Pages : 441
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Author: Sean Martin
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786727926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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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.
Author: Richard C. McCoy
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520331710
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Author: Kevin Gest
Publisher: Lewis Masonic Pub
ISBN: 9780711035997
Category : Knights and knighthood
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book introduces the beginnings of the orders of knighthood in the early years of warriors on horses and the origins of chivalry, and then investigates in turn the main Western orders of knighthood which have a connection in Britain, as well as summarizing the other significant orders of chivalry.
Author: Susie Hodge
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 1780879989
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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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.
Author: Thomas K. Sullivan
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1936159600
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 51
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This new book has proven to be a key component in getting many people; parents, teens, priests, religious educators, men and women of all ages excited about the true meaning of Confirmation as Knighthood in the Kingdom of God. Backed by Sacred Scripture, the Catechism and the writings of the Church Fathers, this book is sure to re-ignite interest in what it means to be a Soldier of Christ in God's Kingdom on earth and how Confirmation accomplishes that. This is an excellent tool for evangelization for both your family and your friends. Get your copy right now and begin to raise up and strengthen the Soldier of Christ in your life.
Author: Frances Gies
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062016652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knight “A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination.” —Los Angeles Times Born out of the chaos of the early Middle Ages, the armored and highly mobile knight revolutionized warfare and quickly became a mythic figure in history. From the Knights Templars and English knighthood to the crusades and chivalry, The Knight in History, by acclaimed medievalist Frances Gies, bestselling coauthor of Life in a Medieval Castle, paints a remarkable true picture of knighthood—exploring the knight’s earliest appearance as an agent of lawless violence, his reemergence as a dynamic social entity, his eventual disappearance from the European stage, and his transformation into Western culture’s most iconic hero.
