The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades [1st ebook ed.] 0312555385, 9781466875258, 1466875259, 9781466875258

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The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades [1st ebook ed.]
0312555385, 9781466875258, 1466875259, 9781466875258

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Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgements
Maps
Preface

Part One: The Temple
1: The Temple of Solomon
2: The New Temple
3: The Rival Temple
4: The Temple Regained

Part Two: The Templars
5: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Jesus Christ
6: The Templars in Palestine
7: Outremer
8: Saladin
9: Richard the Lionheart
10: The Enemies Within
11: Frederick of Hohenstaufen
12: The Kingdom of Acre
13: Louis of France
14: The Fall of Acre

Part Three: The Fall of the Templars
15: The Temple in Exile
16: The Temple Assaulted
17: The Temple Destroyed
Epilogue: The Verdict of History

Appendices
The Later Crusades
Grand Masters of the Temple
Bibliography
Index
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