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Simon Brighton.
In Search of the Knights Templar: A Guide to the Sites of Britain.
Published London: Phoenix, 2008 (previously issued in hardback, 2006).
ISBN 9780753822289.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Cayfosa (Impresia Iberica).
Size: 181x234x16mm.
Page count: 256pp.
Main language: English.
Unused bargain: this copy has some minor evidence of handling.

This item £6.50
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[Publisher’s price £12.99]
Weight without packaging: 768g.

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The order of the Knights Templar, a mysterious military and religious brotherhood of warrior monks, dominated medieval Europe for two centuries. In a dazzlingly swift rise, the Knights Templar amassed huge wealth and power, their leaders walking with kings and princes and enjoying the favour of popes. The organization was the first uniformed standing army since the days of the Roman empire and the first truly multinational organization. Great landowners, industrialists and traders, the Knights also introduced banking into Europe.

Yet, in less than two hundred years, they were gone. The warrior monks disappeared from history into myth, their true nature forgotten and woven int fantasy. Today though, the material traces they left behind can still be seen — and from these much of their story can e read. Simon Brighton's lifelong interest in the Templars gives him a unique perspective — over many years he has extensively researched the many Templar sites in Britain, often uncovering traces of the Order that had been overlooked. All along he has kept a meticulous photographic record, from the grandest tomb to graffiti. With his intimate knowledge he gives a clear, visitor-friendly guide to each site, evoking that most enigmatic body of men — the Knights Templar.

Contents: Intro.; Templars in Europe; Templars in Britain; London; The southeast; The southwest; Midlands; Lincolnshire; Yorkshire; Wales & the borders; Scotland.
Appendix: The alignment of Templar churches.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: throughout, mostly in colour
Maps & plans: 8
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes

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