Knights Templar Encyclopedia

Author : Karen Ralls
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781601639622

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Knights Templar Encyclopedia by Karen Ralls Pdf

This authoritative sourcebook offers comprehensive information on Knights Templar history, symbols, key figures, unanswered questions, and more. Who were the Knights Templar? And how did they become the wealthiest multinational corporation in the medieval West? These powerful crusaders of the late Middle Ages remain a source of fascination for their mysterious ways and their far-reaching influence. The knights of the Order of the Temple were not only warriors, but also diplomats, international banking experts, advisors to popes and kings, and much more. Written by leading Templar authority and medieval historian Dr. Karen Ralls, Knights Templar Encyclopedia presents the history of the Order of the Temple in an accessible A-to-Z format. This authoritative sourcebook features a wealth of information on the key Templar people, places, events, symbols, organization, daily life, beliefs, economic empire, trial, and more. It includes photos and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, a historical timeline, and a list of major European Templar sites.

Author : Karen Ralls
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781564149268

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Knights Templar Encyclopedia by Karen Ralls Pdf

Historian Ralls has written an authoritative source book on the fascinating history behind the most famous military religious order of the Crusades--the Knights Templar. This encyclopedia also includes a wealth of information on the key Templar people, places, events, and more.

Author : Karen Ralls
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780835630115

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The Templars and the Grail by Karen Ralls Pdf

Why do the powerful medieval Knights Templar, the famed warriors of the Crusades, still intrigue many today? A secret society long shrouded in mystery, the Templars were believed to conduct mystical rituals, to guard the Holy Grail, and to possess the priceless treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem. Did they bring their treasure to North America, as some legends say? This definitive work about the Templars and their presumed hidden knowledge addresses many such fascinating questions, with rare photos from the Rosslyn Chapel Museum (Scotland) included.

Author : Charles Greenstreet Addison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600008464

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The history of the Knights Templars, the Temple church, and the Temple by Charles Greenstreet Addison Pdf

Author : Sean Martin
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781842435656

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The Knights Templar by Sean Martin Pdf

The Knights Templar were 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 and were answerable to none save the Pope himselffirst bankers, and invented the modern banking system that is still in use today, and were also involved in exploration and engineering.

Author : Paul Hill
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473874947

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The Knights Templar at War, 1120–1312 by Paul Hill Pdf

A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history—includes numerous illustrations. There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula, and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated. This book focuses on how this military order prosecuted its wars. The order was founded as a response to attacks on pilgrims in the Holy Land, and it was involved in countless battles and sieges, always at the forefront of crusading warfare. This absorbing study examines why they were such an important aspect of medieval warfare on the frontiers of Christendom for nearly two hundred years. The author shows how they were funded and supplied, how they organized their forces on campaign and on the battlefield, and the strategies and tactics they employed in the various theaters of warfare in which they fought. Templar leadership and command and control are examined, and sections cover their battles and campaigns, fortifications, and castles.

Author : Edward J Newman
Publisher : Westphalia Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941472974

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Manual of Knights Templar by Edward J Newman Pdf

Partly because of novelists and Hollywood, the Masonic Knights Templar have enjoyed an enormous amount of recent attention, and are the subject of extravagant claims about their antiquity. The truth is that the present Templars, while admittedly going back many years, owe much to the eighteenth century, and not to the Middle Ages. They certainly are a highly ritualistic and very curious organization, as this volume of their secrets illustrates.

Author : Gordon Napier
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750958547

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The Pocket A-Z of the Knights Templar by Gordon Napier Pdf

The Knights Templar were among the most famous of Christian military orders. Created after the First Crusade of 1096 and endorsed by the Catholic Church in 1129, the Order grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights were some of the best equipped, trained and disciplined fighting units of the Crusades. But when the Holy Land was lost and the Templars suffered crushing defeats, support for the Order faded and rumours about their secret initiation ceremony created mistrust. When the Order suddenly disappeared, disbanded by the Pope, it gave rise to speculation and legends which have kept the name 'Templar' alive. From Aaron to Zion, The Pocket A–Z of the Knights Templar is an invaluable reference of the places, people, and themes of the Crusades, the Knights Templar and their legacy.

Author : Conrad Bauer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Military religious orders
ISBN : 1519488769

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The Knights Templar by Conrad Bauer Pdf

Full of incredible turns of events including secrets, deceits, lies and betrayals, the history of the Knights Templar from their triumphant conquests to their abrupt fall still fascinates. Find out the hidden history of the Knights Templar that really lead to their demise. The Knights Templar existed officially for less than 200 years. Founded to protect pilgrims who were travelling through the Holy Lands, their rise to power was sudden. They became some of the most feared warriors in the region, they had a mandate from God, they controlled perhaps the world's first real banking system, and they waged war against anyone who tried to wrestle Christianity's holiest grounds from the control of the Catholic Church. Within their short lifespan, they quickly became one of the most powerful societies in Europe, if not the world. But, just as they rose to power with relative speed, they fell from grace just as fast. Forged in the crucible of Middle Eastern conflict, their power was soon resented and feared. Before they could become even more powerful, the greatest nations in Europe and the Church turned on them. The once powerful Templars were hunted, caught, tortured, and eventually burned at the stake. According to their prosecutors, they were a devil-worshipping secret society who spat on the cross and plotted against the Pope. They were officially disbanded and their members treated with extreme contempt and prejudice. Or so goes the official story. In this book, we will not only look into the official history of the Knights Templar, but will examine the various ways their influence and ideas have tunnelled their way into the modern world. A group this powerful does not vanish overnight. Instead, their history has been linked to the Freemasons, to vicious curses, to the butchery of the Crusades, and even to Christian relics such as the Holy Grail. For many people, the Templars did not vanish and they did not relinquish their tight grip on the power structures of mediaeval Europe. Instead, they went underground. Read on to discover the dark and twisted secret history of the Knights Templar. Scroll back up and grab your copy today!

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781858905

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The Templars by Dan Jones Pdf

Dan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar. 'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history' TLS 'Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render serious scholarship into accessible prose' The Times 'Another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist' Observer 'When it comes to rip-roaring medieval narratives, Jones has few peers, and in the Templars he finds the perfect subject' Sunday Times The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful – and most secretive – of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era. Their story – encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall – has left a comet's tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists.

Author : Malcolm Barber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781107645769

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The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm Barber Pdf

Barber's classic account endeavours to tackle the unresolved controversies surrounding the consequences of the trial.

Author : Jon G. Hughes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781644113318

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The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller by Jon G. Hughes Pdf

• Presents a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed, including recipes for many cures and instructions • Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all • Details the author’s travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners’ practices During the Crusades, chivalric knightly orders, such as the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, brought along monastic mediciners to treat the sick and wounded. These mediciners not only employed the leading cures of medieval Europe but also learned new methods from the local folk-healers and Arabic healing traditions they encountered on their journeys. Presenting a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the Crusader physicians, Jon Hughes shares a comprehensive encyclopedia of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed. He details recipes for many cures and a range of magico-medical applications such as charms, spells, enchantments, and amulets used to address the new illnesses of strange and foreign lands. He includes a detailed and comprehensive herbal, listing all the plants and materials needed to make and administer the remedies of the cure-all. He also details his travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Morocco, and the island of Rhodes where he met with healers still following this healing path who shared their practices with him. Revealing how the healers of the Crusades helped elevate Western medical knowledge through the integration of wisdom from their Middle Eastern counterparts, Hughes shows how their legacy continues through the many effective remedies and healing modalities still in use today.

Author : Michael Haag
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847652515

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Templars by Michael Haag Pdf

An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested, accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, and their leaders were burnt at the stake. Part guide, part history, this book investigates the Templar legends and legacy - from the mysteries of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, via nineteenth century development of the Freemasons, through to Templar appearances in Dan Brown and Indiana Jones. This book explains the whole context of Templar history, including the recent evidence discovered by the Vatican that the Templars were not guilty of heresy. It also features a guide to Templar castles and sites.

Author : Charles Addison
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781387899302

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The History of the Knights Templar by Charles Addison Pdf

A richly detailed, sometimes challenging work, Charles Addison's The History of the Knights Templar traces the rise and fall of this legendary religious-military organization. Addison was an official member of the Templar Inner Table when he composed his definitive study. This newly edited 2018 edition from The Templar Press updates some of Addison's more archaic wording into modern English.

Author : Michael Kerrigan
Publisher : Amber Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1782747575

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The Knights Templar by Michael Kerrigan Pdf

Filled with surprising details, The Knights Templar tells the story of the chivalric orders founded during the Crusades, their rise and decline, and how their religious and military aspects were reconciled. It chronologically follows from the foundation of the Knights of St Peter in 1053 to the Crusades, from the Teutonic Knights to the Reconquista and on to the Hospitallers' ventures in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.