The Knights Templar

The Knights Templar

by Nicholson, Helen J.

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Over seven hundred years after the pope dissolved their Order, the Templars remain as controversial as ever. How could warriors also be monks? What did they really believe in? Why did they fail to protect the Holy Land? What impact did they have on society? Why were they dissolved?-were they really heretics? Based on the medieval evidence and the latest research by modern scholars, this book surveys some key areas of the Templars' history. It argues that despite their wide landholdings and appa…

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  • Full title :The Knights Templar / Helen Nicholson.

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Over seven hundred years after the pope dissolved their Order, the Templars remain as controversial as ever. How could warriors also be monks? What did they really believe in? Why did they fail to protect the Holy Land? What impact did they have on society? Why were they dissolved?-were they really heretics? Based on the medieval evidence and the latest research by modern scholars, this book surveys some key areas of the Templars' history. It argues that despite their wide landholdings and apparent power the Templars? influence depended on the patronage of popes and kings, and that they were destroyed when their most powerful patron had more to gain than lose from their dissolution.

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  • Publication Date:2021

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1641891696, 9781641891691
  • oclc:on1252216011
  • LC Classification:CR4743
  • Dewey Decimal:271/.7913

Subjects

History History, Medieval Military religious orders Military religious orders -- History --… Templars To 1500

Writers

Nicholson, Helen J.

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