| Edition |
Berkley trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xv, 432 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. THE POOR KNIGHTS OF CHRIST. Hugh de Payns -- Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem -- Hugh, Count of Champagne -- Bernard of Clairvaux -- Hugh de Payns takes Templars on the road -- The Council of Troyes -- Go forth and multiply -- The life of a Templar, according to the Rule -- Melisande, Queen of Jerusalem -- Fulk of Anjou, the Queen's husband -- The Temple in Jerusalem -- The popes get involved (you knew they would) -- The Second Crusade -- II. THE GLORY YEARS. Grand Masters, 1136-1191 -- Between the Second and Third Crusades (1150-1191) -- Who were the Saracens, anyway? -- Saladin -- Richard the Lionheart -- The Assassins -- The Hospitallers -- Grand Masters 1191-1292/93 -- The Templars and the Saint, Louis IX of France -- Templars and money -- Templars in Paris -- Templars in London -- The last stands; the fall of Acre and loss of the Holy Land -- III. THE END OF THE ORDER OF THE POOR KNIGHTS. Jacques de Molay: the last Grand Master, 1292-1313 -- Philip the Fair -- Friday the Thirteenth: the arrest and trials of the Templars -- The charges against the Templars -- Guillaume de Nogaret -- The Council of Vienne and the end of the Order -- Timeline of the trials -- The trials outside of France -- The secret rite of initiation -- Marguerite Porete -- Who were the Templars? -- The other guys: regional military orders -- Baphomet -- The Cathars -- IV. BEGINNING OF THE LEGENDS. Templars in fiction -- What happened to the Templars? -- The Holy Grail -- Templars in Denmark: Bornholm Island -- Templars and the Shroud of Turin -- Templars in Scotland: Rosslyn Chapel -- The Freemasons and the Templars -- How to tell if you are reading pseudohistory -- Templar timeline. |
| Subject |
Templars -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780425215333 |
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0425215334 |
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