Lord, Evelyn.

The Templar's curse / Evelyn Lord. - 1st ed. - Harlow, England ; Sydney : Pearson Longman, 2008. - xxi, 200 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.

Grand Masters of the Knights Templar -- A Crusade and Templar chronology -- A Templars and Britain chronology -- 1. The foundation of the Order -- 2. Crusade -- 3. Exploits in the East -- 4. Medieval Europe nt the time of the Knights Templar -- 5. The Templars in the West -- 6. The fall of Acre and the doomed man -- 7. Rumours and arrests -- 8. The French trial begins -- 9. The Knights Templar at the stake -- 10. The Knights Templar on teal in Britain -- 11. More Templar trials -- 12. The suppression of the Order and the fate of Jacques de Molay -- 13. Were the Knights Templar guilty? -- 14. Who were the Knights Templar? -- 15. The Templar legend.

The Knights Templar are under arrest, torture and trial, followed by penance for life. Chronicling the dissolution of the order after the trial in 1307, when many of its members were burned at the stake as heretics, this book investigates the consequences of the Templars persecution and their mysterious legacy.

9781405840385 (hardback) 1405840382 (hardback)

2007042093


Templars--History.
Templars--Trials, litigation, etc.--France


Trials (Heresy)--History.--Europe

CR4749 / .L67 2008

271/.79