"Orde der Tempeliers." . . "Literatura, Estados Unidos." . . "Church organization and structure 12th-14th centuries." . . "Templáři dějiny." . . "Organizace a struktura církve 12.-14. stol." . . "Kruistochten." . . "Templáři 1119-1314." . . "Geschichte." . . "Geschichte" . "Templars (Order of chivalry)" . . "History." . . "Church history 1st-14th centuries." . . "Historické prameny." . . "Církevní dějiny 1.-14. stol." . . "Knigts Templars 1119-1314." . . "West-Europa." . . "Cruzadas Historia." . . "1.-14. stol." . . . . . . . . "Tempelriddarna"@sv . . . . . . "Die Templer die Geschichte der Tempelritter, des geheimnisvollen Ordens der Kreuzzüge" . . "Los Templarios: monjes y guerreros"@es . . "Explores the rise, fall, and far-reaching legacy of the Knights Templar."@en . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Templars" . . . . . "Los templarios : monjes y guerreros"@es . . . . . "Literatura faktu" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Monjes y guerreros"@es . "Los Templarios : [monjes y guerreros]" . . . . . . . . . . "The templarios" . . . "Tamplierite" . . "\"The dramatic history of the knights templar. The most powerful military order of the crusades\"--Cover." . . . . . . . . . . . . "Oi Naites ippotes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Templars" . "The Templars"@en . . . . . . . . "The templars" . . "Electronic books"@en . . "Non-fiction" . "Los Templarios : monjes y guerreros" . "Los Templarios : monjes y guerreros"@es . . . . . . . . . . . "Os templários : a história dramática dos cavaleiros templários, a mais poderosa ordem militar dos cruzados"@pt . . . . . . "The Templars the dramatic history of the knights templar, the most powerful military order of the crusades"@en . . . . . . . "Tampliery" . . . . . "Los templarios"@es . "Los templarios" . . . "Os Templários" . . . "Tempelriddarna och korstågen till det Heliga landet"@sv . . . . . . . "In 1099, the city of Jerusalem, a possession of the Islamic Caliphate for over four-hundred years, fell to an army of European knights intent on restoring the Cross to the Holy Lands. From the ranks of these holy warriors emerged an order of monks trained in both scripture and the military arts, an order that would protect and administer Christendom's prized conquest for almost a century: the Knights of the Temple of Solomon, or the Templars. In this articulate and engaging history, Piers Paul Read explores the rise, the catastrophic fall, and the far-reaching legacy of these knights who took, and briefly held, the most bitterly contested citadel in the monotheistic West. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and writing with authority and candor, Read chronicles the history of the blood-splattered monks who still infiltrate modernity in literature, as the inspiration for secret societies, and in the backyard fantasies of any child with access to a stick and a garbage can lid. More than armed holy men, the Templars also represented the first uniformed standing army in the Western world. Sustaining their military order required vast sums of money, and, to that end, a powerful multinational corporation formed. The prosperity that European financiers enjoyed, from the efficient management of Levantine possessions and from pioneering developments in the field of international banking, would help jump-start Europe's long-slumbering Dark Age economy. In 1307, the French king, Philip IV, expropriated Templar lands, unleashing a wave of repression that would crest five years later. After Templar leaders broke down and confessed, under torture, to blasphemy, heresy, and sodomy, Pope Clement V suppressed the Order in 1312. Was it guilty as charged' And what relevance has the story to our own times' In this remarkable history, Piers Paul Read explores the Crusades and the individual biographies of the many colorful characters that fought them."@en . . . "Die Templer : die Geschichte der Tempelritter, des geheimnisvollen Ordens der Kreuzzüge" . "The Templars : the dramatic history of the Knights Templar, the most powerful military order of the Crusades"@en . . . . . "Os Templarios"@pt . . . . . . "Los Templarios"@es . . . . "The templars [the dramatic history of the knights templar, the most powerful military order of the crusades]" . "Templáři" . "Ordenes militares religiosas." . . "Midden-Oosten." . . "HISTORY / Medieval." . . "Ordem Religiosa, Historia, Europa." . . "Templáři 12.-14. stol." . . "Monastic life 12th-14th centuries." . . "11.-14. stol." . . "Historical sources." . . "Bližnji vzhod" . . "Templarios Historia." . . "Evropa" . . "Middle East" . . "Křesťanství a politika 11.-14. stol." . . "Stát a církev 11.-14. stol." . . "Crusades 11th-13th centuries." . . "Križarske vojne." . . "Crusades." . . "Crusades History." . . "Europe History 4th-14th centuries." . . "Templars" . . "Templars." . "Weidenfeld & Nicolson." . . "Tempelherreorden." . . "Blízký východ" . . "Geschichte." . . "Europe" . . "korstogene" . . "Templerorden." . . "Korstågen Palestina 1000-talet 1100-talet 1200-talet." . . "Christianity and Islam 11th-14th centuries." . . "Història." . . "Křesťanství a islám 11.-14. stol." . . "1119-1314" . . "Christianity and politics 11th-14th centuries." . . "Fratres Militiae Templi" . . "Řeholní život 12.-14. stol." . . "Templars History." . . "Templarji Zgodovina." . . "Templars 12th-14th centuries." . . "Riddarordnar historia Europa 1100-talet 1200-talet." . . . . "Křížové výpravy 11.-13. stol." . . "Templarios" . . "Christelijke religieuze orden." . . "Church and state 11th-14th centuries." . . "Ordens religiosas militares." . .