The Knights Templar
The Knights Templar by Robin Griffith-Jones is a concise historical guide published by Pitkin in April 2011. This edition, written in English and spanning 24 pages, explores the legendary and enigmatic order of medieval warrior knights known for their military and religious significance. The book delves into the Templars’ association with various myths, including connections to the Holy Grail and the Shroud of Turin, while providing a historical backdrop of the Crusades and detailing their activities from the early 1160s until their dramatic downfall in the 1300s.
Readers will find an engaging overview of the Templars’ rise and fall, including their influence in Christendom and the romanticized legends surrounding them in medieval literature. The guide also addresses their disbandment by the Pope and touches on the sect’s secretive activities that persist today. This exploration of history, military endeavors, and the enduring myths surrounding the Templars offers insights into a fascinating chapter of European history.
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An entertaining historical guide to a legendary and mysterious order of medieval warrior knights.
The templars have been associated with everything from freemasonry to the Holy Grail, and the Shroud of Turin. Their powerful military-religious status and equally dramatic fall in the 1300s have fascinated and intrigued historians and popular myth-makers alike. The historical backdrop of the Crusades gives background to this brotherhood of knights, with detailed information on their activities and base in London in the early 1160s until the French King Philip IV turned on them in 1307.
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.
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