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The History of the Knights Templar
A general history of the Templars, from a small band protecting pilgrims in Jerusalem around 1119 to the order's suppression in the early fourteenth century.
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Templars and Hospitallers
The great military and charitable orders of the crusading world.
The History of the Knights Hospitaller
How the Hospitallers grew from a pilgrims' hospital in Jerusalem into a crusading order that held Rhodes and later Malta, in a clear chronological overview.
The History of the Knights Hospitaller: A Military Order
How the Hospitallers became a fighting order: their great castles such as Krak des Chevaliers and Margat, and their role in defending the crusader lands.
The History of the Knights Hospitaller: A Study of Charity and Service
Inside the Hospitallers' hospitals: how the sick and poor were received, fed and cared for, and what medicine at these institutions could and could not do.
The History of the Knights Templar: A Secret Society
What the Templars actually kept private, such as closed chapter meetings and initiation, and how that ordinary confidentiality fed later myths of a secret society.
The History of the Knights Templar: A Study of Mystery and Intrigue
An overview of the 1307 arrest of the Templars, the accusations against them, how the trials unfolded in France and elsewhere, and what remains uncertain.
The History of the Knights Templar: Mystery and Intrigue
Where the Templar legends came from: Grail and treasure stories, Baphomet, the curse of Molay and modern fiction, set against what the records actually show.
The Knights Hospitaller: A History of Charity and Service
How the Hospitallers began in caring for pilgrims and the sick in Jerusalem, why gifts poured in, and how that charity survived as the order took up arms.
The Knights Hospitaller: A Medieval Order
How the Hospitallers were organized, with a Master, regional priories, commanderies and language groups, and how that structure worked at Rhodes and Malta.
The Knights Templar: A History of Mystery
A question-by-question guide to what is documented about the Templars and what truly remains unknown, from their wealth to their records and their last days.
The Knights Templar: A Secret Society
Why the Templars are so often called a secret society, how that label arose centuries after the order, and how it differs from what the Templars really were.
The Knights Templar: A Secret Society of Medieval Warriors
How the Templars fought, trained and lived on the crusader frontier: cavalry charges, discipline, castle garrisons and the daily routine of a monk-soldier.
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