The Knights Templar in Britain
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Book Description
The only book to cover the Knights Templar in Britian. Spectacular finale of the trials, purges and dessimation of the Templars in the 14th century. Gives a crucial insight into history of the Crusades - the most popular sub-section of medieval history interest. Offers encouragement and advice to the reader on how to explore local sites and remains. Covers their historical association with the Freemasons Explores the earliest origins of the financial system in England - in the occult! Written by hugely successful author and expert in local history of Britain. The Knights Templar, founded early in the twelfth century, swiftly and stealithly rose to be the most powerful military order of the Middle Ages. While their campaigns in the Middle East and travels across Europe are well known, their huge influence across the British Isles is virtually uncharted. The Knights Templar in Britain reveals just who became knights, what kind of rituals sustained them, where the power bases were and how their tentacles spread throughout the political and economic worlds of Britain before their inquisitorial defeat two hundred years later. Evelyn Lord is an expert in the local history of Britain and the author of the hugely successful Investigating the Twentieth Century (2000). She is based at Cambridge University.
From the Back Cover
The powerful Knights Templar, a secret society whose rites and rituals are shrouded in mystery, are a familiar part of the Crusades story across Europe. Yet until now, very little has been known of their existence in Britain. The Knights Templar in Britain unravels these historical secrets, setting them firmly within their national and local context within medieval society. From their founding in the early twelfth century to their downfall two centuries later, Lord charts their expansion of their territories in Britain. Showing which sites they chose and why, filling in with colourful detail their daily life, she also exposes the rituals that sustained these warriors monks. The Knights Templar in Britain is not only the first history of this dimension of the Templars story, it is a vital addition to our understanding of the Crusades. Evelyn Lord is on the Board of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the hugely successful publication ‘Investigating the Twentieth Century' (2000).
The Knights Templar in Britain
The Knights Templar in Britain,Evelyn Lord,Longman,0582472873,Europe - Great Britain - General,History,History - General History,History: World,Medieval,Military - Other,British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500,British Isles,Christian communities & monasticism,History / General,United Kingdom, Great Britain
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