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 author tells of the extraordinary organization of warrior-monks who came to power during the Crusades: their wealth and power, the reasons for their downfall, and their passage into myth and legend.
(Hall reports rumors of copies of the Ark being made in early times.) Later it was moved to Williamsburg: In 1676, the Ark and its treasure were secretly moved from the Jamestown Church and laid to rest in a ten-foot-square chamber, ...
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.
This is a unique collection of translated sources, which in addition to documenting the origins of the Order and the circumstances of its suppression and dissolution, examines the many and varied facets of its activities during the 12th and ...
A medieval history and author of The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code analyzes the myths, misconceptions, and mysteries of the legendary warrior monks, examining their role in the Crusades, their association with the Holy Grail, ...
9 Proce`s, vol. 1, pp.36–9. Tying his hands in the way described caused extreme compression, a state known as compartment syndrome, see Mitchell, p. 132. See above, chap. 1, p. 18. Proce`s, vol. 1, pp.42–5. Proce`s, vol. 1, p.45.
For centuries, historians and novelists have portrayed the Knights Templar as avaricious and power-hungry villains. Indignant at the discrepancies between fact and fantasy, Pernoud draws a different portrait of these Christian warriors.
This book collects together the research of both junior and senior scholars from around the world in order to establish the current state of scholarship and identify areas for new research.
A Vatican Secret Archive historian reveals the true story of the Templars: “consider this little book the first-choice primer on its legend-laden subject” (Booklist).
An order of warrior monks founded after the First Crusade to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars developed into one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval...