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Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple

Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple
By Karen Ralls

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #29830 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-05-31
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 301 pages

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"Before heaven and earth and with all of you here as my witnesses....I declare, and I must declare, that the Order is innocent. Its purity and saintliness is beyond question." -- Jacques de Molay

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Today, as never before, interest in the "Knights Templar" is growing exponentially, especially since "The Da Vinci Code". But who were these powerful knights of the Crusades? What is fact and what is fiction? And how did they become the wealthiest multinational corporation in the mediaeval West? A first of its kind, "Knights Templar Encyclopedia" presents in a convenient, readable, A-to-Z format, the fascinating history behind the most famous military religious order of the Crusades - the Knights Templar. Written by leading Templar authority and mediaeval historian Dr. Karen Ralls, this authoritative sourcebook of hundreds of entries features a wealth of information on the key Templar people, places, events, symbols, organisation, daily life, beliefs, economic empire, trial and more. The product of more than a decade of meticulous, scholarly research, this indispensable resource is for the general reader and specialist alike - for anyone, in fact, who is interested in the history and legacy of the powerful Knights Templar (1119-1312).

"Knights Templar Encyclopedia" includes photos and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, a historical time line and a list of major European Templar sites.

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A Definitive Work.5
Brilliant! a fantastic, comprehensive work of reference for anyone interested in the order of the Knights Templar. Karen Ralls is well known for balanced historical writing, including both orthodox and speculative angles, generated by unrelenting scholarship. Here she has put together a book that will be valued for years to come, everything you wanted to know about the Templars and much more.

Includes a chronology etc, and photos. Highly recomended!