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# Guide to Templar castles & sites Comprehensive Templar history Next-day UK dispatch The Templars: History and Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons

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> ⚔️ Own the legend, read the truth — don’t miss out on the Templar saga!

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## Key Features

- • **Fast UK Dispatch:** Get your copy shipped from the UK warehouse the very next working day—no waiting, no delays.
- • **Discover Hidden Templar Sites:** Includes an exclusive guide to castles and locations that shaped Templar legacy—your next adventure awaits.
- • **Unlock the Secrets of the Templars:** Dive deep into the legendary warrior monks’ true story beyond myths and conspiracies.
- • **Expertly Balanced Historical Insight:** Perfect for newcomers and casual history buffs craving a well-rounded, engaging read.
- • **From Solomon’s Temple to Modern Mysteries:** Explore the fascinating journey from ancient temples to Freemason connections and pop culture references.

## Overview

The Templars: History and Myth offers a compelling, accessible exploration of the medieval warrior monks, tracing their origins, trials, and enduring influence from Solomon’s Temple to the Freemasons. With next-day UK dispatch and a rich guide to Templar sites, this book is a must-have for history enthusiasts eager to separate fact from fiction.

## Description

An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested, accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, and their leaders were burnt at the stake. Part guide, part history, this book investigates the Templar legends and legacy - from the mysteries of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, via nineteenth century development of the Freemasons, through to Templar appearances in Dan Brown and Indiana Jones. This book explains the whole context of Templar history, including the recent evidence discovered by the Vatican that the Templars were not guilty of heresy. It also features a guide to Templar castles and sites.

Review: Good First Book - I was in two minds after finishing this book. If you are familiar with the time periods covered you may find this book a little too simplistic. If you have a good working knowledge of, say, the medieval period this book will still be useful to you as it covers the Biblical to Byzantine period to explain how we arrived at the Crusader period. As all students of history know, all trees have roots. The authors knowledge of these earlier periods is somewhat lesser than the Medieval period and does not reflect the latest scholarship. However no less valid as what he wrote was still in vogue when I studied history at University. As we know, revisionism is rife and things may change again. For the medieval period, essentially what we are buying the book for, it is well written, even very funny in places, and insightful. I particularly liked his point on the Byzantines essentially viewing Islam as another branch of Christianity when they first came across it. Something that seems strange now with hindsight, but a point well made and something I had not considered before. This book is post Chinon document, so good for the end of the Templars. To some up, If you are new to this area or only wish to buy one Templar book, buy this one. Certainly worth five stars. If you have already read a lot of Malcolm Barber or Helen Nicholson pass this one over unless you didn't get the in depth Barber straight in your head! Still a very enjoyable read none the less.
Review: Knight Templar book. - Great book, good priced item, in very good condition too.

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 30,281 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 81 in Other Religious & Spiritual Practices 303 in Other Religions |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,170 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good First Book
*by I***7 on 30 July 2020*

I was in two minds after finishing this book. If you are familiar with the time periods covered you may find this book a little too simplistic. If you have a good working knowledge of, say, the medieval period this book will still be useful to you as it covers the Biblical to Byzantine period to explain how we arrived at the Crusader period. As all students of history know, all trees have roots. The authors knowledge of these earlier periods is somewhat lesser than the Medieval period and does not reflect the latest scholarship. However no less valid as what he wrote was still in vogue when I studied history at University. As we know, revisionism is rife and things may change again. For the medieval period, essentially what we are buying the book for, it is well written, even very funny in places, and insightful. I particularly liked his point on the Byzantines essentially viewing Islam as another branch of Christianity when they first came across it. Something that seems strange now with hindsight, but a point well made and something I had not considered before. This book is post Chinon document, so good for the end of the Templars. To some up, If you are new to this area or only wish to buy one Templar book, buy this one. Certainly worth five stars. If you have already read a lot of Malcolm Barber or Helen Nicholson pass this one over unless you didn't get the in depth Barber straight in your head! Still a very enjoyable read none the less.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Knight Templar book.
*by S***E on 6 March 2026*

Great book, good priced item, in very good condition too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chastity, Poverty & Obedience: How a monastic order of knights dominated the medieval world.
*by L***Y on 10 April 2016*

On Christmas Day in 1119 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the spot which marks the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, a religious order of fighting knights was established to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land from attacks by Muslim raiders. Because their headquarters was on the Temple Mount, where King Solomon had built his Temple two thousand years previously, they called themselves the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon - although they are most commonly known as the Knights Templar. Over the following two hundred years the order became one of the wealthiest and most powerful forces in the medieval world until, falsely accused of blasphemy, heresy and immorality, they were destroyed by King Philip IV of France in 1307. Ever since, the Templars have been the subject of wild speculation and conspiracy theories galore and in this fascinating and very readable book the classical and medieval historian, Michael Haag, distills the fact from the fiction as he retells the story of the Knights Templar from Crusader-era Jerusalem to the present day. There are countless books about the Knights Templar on the market but what attracted me to this particular one was that it is the first history of the order, written by a serious historian, since the discovery of the Chinon Parchment in the Vatican archives in 2001. This document showed that in 1308 Pope Clement V had absolved the Templars from the exaggerated charges brought against them by King Philip’s Inquisition. The Parchment, combined with other historical sources cited in the book, proves - according to Haag - that the Templars were simply “the victims of a titanic power struggle between France and the Papacy, between emerging European nationalism on the one hand and the universalist claims of the Church on the other” - rather than some unholy conspiracy cooked up by secret dark forces as some of the more outlandish theories of their demise proclaim. An outstandingly good read for history buffs and those interested in the esoteric, this very well laid out, well-illustrated book is divided into 7 parts and 20 chapters making it easy to dip in to - and out of - at your leisure. With each chapter sub-divided into key points it is very much targeted at modern readers like me with internet-induced short attention spans [there is actually a guide to recommended Templar sites on the internet for those wishing to use the web to find out more]. It also has a useful section on places associated with the Templars which I found particularly interesting as I am planning to visit Jerusalem and the Holy Land – or the land of Outremer as it was known in Templar times – shortly and I’ve put a number of these locations on my list of things to see while I’m there. What is striking, after having read this book, is how much of the modern world has been shaped by this band of chaste warrior monks and how their legacy survives, in the most unlikely of places, right up to the present day.

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