The Templars: Knights of God: The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar

Abstract: Drawing on contemporary chronicles and original texts, as well as the immense secondary literature, the author paints a vivid picture of the Order of the Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon, better known as the Knights Templar.

Keywords: book review, history, freemasonry, Knights Templar.

Title: The Templars: Knights of God: The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar Author: Edward Burman Publisher: Inner Traditions International Date Published: January 1987 ISBN: 0892812214 LOCN: CR4743.B86 1990 Dewey: 271/.79 20 Pages: 207 Bibliography: 128 Footnotes: 515 Photos: 12

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CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1: Genesis

Chapter 2: The Templar Ideology I

Chapter 3: The Templar Ideology II

Chapter 4: Knights Militant

Chapter 5: International Financiers and Landowners

Chapter 6: Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem

Chapter 7: Templars in the Holy Land

Chapter 8: Criticism and Decline

Chapter 9: The Recovery of Jerusalem and Proposed Union

Chapter 10: Suppression

Afterword

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Burman, Edward.
Title:         The Templars : knights of God / Edward Burman.
Published:     Rochester, VT. : Destiny Books, [1990], c1986.
Description:   207 p., 12 p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
LC Call No.:   CR4743.B86 1990
Dewey No.:     271/.79 20
ISBN:          0892812214 : $9.95
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p.
                  [197]-203) and index.
Subjects:      Templars -- History.
Control No.:   89025897 //r92

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