Temple. The hopes of the Jews living inPalestine foran independent nation did not end with the fall of Masada. Some sixty years later, there was a second rebellion against Roman rule led by Simeon benKoseba who was acknowledged by the ...
West. —. War. and. Self-Denial. In the ninth century, the religious community of Cluny in Burgundy became the driving force in the substantial reform of Benedictine monasticism, which called for a return to the fundamental values of ...
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These are the first Knights Templar, a band of elite warriors prepared to give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land.
... Tramonto e fine dei cavalieri Templari: L'avventurosa storia di Jacques de Molay, l'ultimo Templare (Rome 2004), 213–14; first published as Alain Demurger, Jacques de Molay: Le crépuscule des Templiers (Paris 2002; new ed. 2014).
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 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).
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.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the wars between Christians and Muslims, this illustrated book brings to life the legacy of this secretive order and the characters who defined the era.
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.
History.
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.
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...
From their origins as defenders of pilgrims to the Holy Land to their dramatic finish as heretics burned at the stake, Pernoud offers a concise but thorough account of the Templars' contribution to Christendom.
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 ...