Real History Behind the Templars

Name: Real History Behind the Templars
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ISBN: 9780425215333

ISBN-10: 0425215334

ISBN-13: 9780425215333

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sharan Newman

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The medieval historian who revealed The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Codeuncloaks the Templars. In the year 1119, these noblemen found their calling as protectors of the faithful on a dangerous pilgrimage to newly conquered Jerusalem. Now, historian Sharan Newman elucidates the mysteries and misconceptions of the Templars, from their true first founding and role in the Crusades to more modern intrigues, including: - Were they devout knights or secret heretics? - Did they leave behind a fantastic treasure-hidden to this day? - How did they come to be associated with the Holy Grail? - Did they come to America before the time of Columbus? - Does the order still exist?

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Sharan Newman is a longtime member of the Medieval Academy, has served on the advisory board for the Medieval Association of the Pacific, and is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Barbara. Newman's medieval French mysteries have garnered Macavity, Agatha, and Anthony Award nominations, and she has won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical History.




The poor knights of Christ



The beginning of the order



Hugh de Payns



Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem



Hugh, count of Champagne



Bernard of Clairvaux



Hugh de Payns takes the templars on the road



The council of Troyes



Go forth and multiply



The life of a templar, according to the rule



Melisande, Queen of Jerusalem



Fulk of Anjou, the queen's husband



The temple in Jerusalem



The Popes get involved (you knew they would)



The second crusade



The glory years



Grand masters 1136-1191



Between the second and third crusades (1150-1191)



Who were the Saracens, anyway?



Saladin



Richard the Lionheart



The assassins



The hospitallers



Grand masters 1191-1292/93



The templars and the saint, Louis IX of France



Templars and money



The temple in Paris



The temple in London



The last stands; the fall of acre and loss of the Holy Land



The end of the order of the poor knights



Jacques de Molay : the last grand master 1292-1313



Philip the fair



Friday the thirteenth; the arrest and trials of the templars



The charges against the templars



Guillaume de Nogaret



The council of Vienne and the end of the order



Time line of the trials



The trials outside of France



The secret rite of initiation



Marguerite Porete



Who were the templars?



The other guys; regional military orders



Baphomet



The cathars



The beginning of the legends



Templars in fiction



What happened to the templars?



The holy grail



Templars in Denmark; Bornholm Island



The templars and the shroud of Turin



Templars in Scotland : Rosslyn Chapel



The freemasons and the templars


How to tell if you are reading pseudohistory


Templar time line