The Templars: The History & the Myth

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Harper Collins, 21 okt 2009 - 386 pagina's

Arguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, while inspiring popular culture from Indiana Jones to Dan Brown. In The Templars, author Michael Haag offers a definitive history of these loyal Christian soldiers of the Crusades—sworn to defend the Holy Land and Jerusalem, but ultimately damned and destroyed by the Pope and his church. A bestseller in the United Kingdom—the first history of the enigmatic warriors to include findings from the Chinon Parchment, the long-lost Vatican document absolving the Knights of heresy—The Templars by Michael Haagis fascinating reading.

 

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The Contexts
15
THE NEW CHRISTIAN EMPIRE
41
THE MUSLIM CONQUESTS
49
THE FIRST CRUSADE
63
The Rise 1099 to 1150
87
THE SECOND CRUSADE
111
The Power 11501291
125
MERCHANT BANKERS
137
The Fall 12911314
205
THE TRIAL
217
The Aftermath
239
CONSPIRACIES
251
Locations
283
EUROPE
307
Portugal
314
Templarism
327

SALADIN AND THE TEMPLARS
155
Templar Relations with the Kingdom of Jerusalem
162
Factions in Outremer
168
Saladin Takes Jerusalem
178
FURTHER READING
347
Alternative History
352
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Over de auteur (2009)

Historian and writer Michael Haag has written widely on the Egyptian, Classical,and Medieval worlds. He is the author of The Templars: The History & the Mythand Alexandria: City of Memory, a definitive study of Cavafy, Forster, and LawrenceDurrell in the city, as well as travel guides to Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt. He livesin London.

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