Nobly Born: An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar
Stephen Dafoe
Stephen Dafoe’s illustrated history of the Knights Templar, from their origins to their downfall and legend.
£10.00
Description
The Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, popularly known as the Knights Templar, were the most famous and infamous of the crusading military orders. Created in the aftermath of the First Crusade to protect the pilgrims who flowed towards Jerusalem, they lived both an active and a contemplative life, becoming in effect the first warrior-monks of the western world.
Stephen Dafoe tells the story from the origins of the Order between 1118 and 1120, through its rise to papal favour, power and commercial activity, the day-to-day life of the Templar in the convent, the military structure and discipline of the Order in the field and the major battles of the Crusades, to its downfall after the loss of the Holy Land in 1291 and the legend that has grown up since. With a foreword by Robert L. D. Cooper, a chronology of events and illustrations throughout.
