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THE TEMPLARS: The Dramatic History Of The Knight Templar, The Most Powerful Military Order Of The Crusades
[Buy it!] | Read, Piers Paul | USD 15.00
(Mon May 13 02:12:33 2024) | Abebooks | Chris Fessler, Bookseller | ISBN10: 0312266588, ISBN13: 9780312266585, [publisher: NY. 1999. St. Martin's Press] Hardcover deep red hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. 1 cm tear front flap edge at bottom, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 2nd printing (#2 in # line). possible book club edition. xiii+350p. 7 b&w maps. 16 pages of glossy plates in full color & b/w. appendices. endnotes. bibliography. index. world history. medieval history. religion. secret societies. conspiracy theory. ~ THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ALIVE PRESENTS A SWEEPING AND IN~DEPTH HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIAN INVADERS EVER TO VENTURE INTO THE HOLY LAND. In 1199, THE CITY OF JERUSALEM, a possession of the Islamic Caliphate for over four hundred years, fell to an army of European knights intent on restoring the Cross to the Holy Lands. From the ranks of these holy~warriors emerged an order of monks trained in both scripture and the military arts, an order that would protect and administer Christendom's prized conquest for almost a century. They were known as the Knights of the Temple of Solomon, or the Templars. In this articulate and engaging history, Piers Paul Read explores the rise, the catastrophic fall, and the far~reaching legacy of these knights who took, and briefly held, the most bitterly contested citadel in the monotheistic West. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and writing with authority and candor, Read chronicles the history of the blood~splattered monks whose legend persists in modern literature and culture, inspiring secret societies and the backyard fantasies of any child with access to a stick and a garbage can lid. More than armed holy men, the Templars also represented the first uniformed standing army in the Western world. Sustaining their military order required vast sums of money, and, to that end, a powerful multinational corporation formed. The prosperity that European financiers enjoyed, because of the efficient management of Levantine possessions and pioneering developments in the field of international banking, would help jump~start Europe's long~slumbering Dark Age economy. In 1307, the French king Philip IV expropriated Templar lands, unleashing a wave of repression that would crest five years later. After Templar leaders broke down and confessed, under torture, to blasphemy, heresy, and sodomy, Pope Clement V suppressed the order in 1312. Was it guilty as charged? And what relevance has the story to our own times? In this remarkable history, Piers Paul Read explores the Crusades and the individual biographies of the many colorful characters that fought them.
[Howell, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
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