ISBN: | 9781780225982 |
Publisher: | Hachette |
Published: | 31 December, 2012 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Links | Hachette |
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The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Sifting myth from history, Piers Paul Read reveals the Templars - the multinational force of warrior monks, in their white tunics with red crosses over chainmail. They were not only unique among Christian institutions but constituted the first uniformed standing army in the western world and became pioneers of international banking. Expropriated by Philip IV of France in
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