Knights Templar Encyclopedia

by Dr Karen Ralls reviews about purchase
Release date:   Apr. 2007 (USA) 2007  (UK) Publisher:   The Career Press, New Jersey, USA

	Who were the medieval Knights Templar?
	How is their name connected to Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem?
	What are the symbols of the Order?
	Why were they suddenly arrested on Friday, 13th October 1307?
	Where was the famed Templars' fortress --  Castle Pilgrim?
	What American President was married in a London church that was once associated with the Knights Templar?
	What precious relic did the Knights Templar especially value -- guarding it day and night?
	Why did they venerate many saints, including St Mary Magdalene?

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ENCYCLOPEDIA
The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events and
Symbols of the Order of the Temple

By Karen Ralls, PhD

"…..Before heaven and earth and with all of you here as my witnesses…I declare, and I must declare, that the Order is innocent.  Its purity and saintliness is beyond question."

--from the final recorded public statement by Jacques de Molay, the last Templar Grand Master, on Mar. 18, 1314, before he was led to the stake

"….Karen Ralls gives us the basic known facts about Templar history…If you're looking for the one indispensable book about the Knights Templar, this is it."

".....The Knights Templar Encyclopedia offers both general readers and specialists alike a remarkable source work on the famous medieval military Order. Scholarly and authoritative, Dr. Ralls' treasury…is highly recommended". ---Professor Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, University of Exeter (UK)

Today, as never before, interest in the Knights Templar is growing exponentially. But who were these powerful knights of the Crusades?  What is fact and what is fiction?  And how did they become the wealthiest multinational corporation in the medieval West?

A first of its kind,  The Knights Templar Encyclopedia presents in convenient, readable, A-to-Z format, the fascinating history behind the most famed military religious order of the Crusades -- the Knights Templar.  Written by Oxford-based medieval religious historian Dr Karen Ralls, this encyclopedia has hundreds of entries featuring a wealth of information on the key Templar people, places, events, symbols, organization, beliefs, relics, trials, and more.  A product of some 16 years of meticulous research, this is an indispensable resource for the general reader and specialist alike who are interested in the factual history of the medieval Knights Templar (1119-1312).  It includes 5 appendices,  photos, list of key European medieval Templar sites, chronology,  list of Grand Masters, an extensive academic bibliography, a special Recommended Reading section, and more.

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