The Knights Templar : A New History

Author(s): Nicholson, Helen Jane

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Sutton Publishing
Publication Year:	2001
ISBN:	9780750925174
Book ID:	009320
Catalogue(s):	History - Europe

xvii, 276pp, colour illustrations throughout. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles (boards are strong, clean, sharp-edged and square). A couple of small mild marks on the text block edges, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (chapped at base of spine with short, c. 1cm tear at base of spine, nicked on rear upper edge). 4to. A full history of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon - the Knights Templar - together with an account of the men who founded and shaped the Order, bringing together the knightly and religious roles which were at the core of the higher echelons of medieval society, and its downfall as Philip IV of France used the Order's shortcomings as a pretext for accusing the Brothers of heresy.

Keywords:

Knights Templar Order of the Temple of Solomon Knights Medieval history Holy Land Crusades