The History of the Knights Templar - Softcover

Addison, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530191041 ISBN 13: 9781530191048

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as The Knights Templar, were among the wealthiest and most powerful of the Western Christian military orders. The organisation existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages. Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades.

In 1307, many of the Order's members in France were arrested, tortured into giving false confessions, and then burned at the stake. Under pressure from King Philip, Pope Clement V disbanded the Order in 1312. The abrupt disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure gave rise to speculation and legends, which have kept the Templar name alive into the modern day.

In The History of the Knights Templar Charles Addison traces the rise and fall of this legendary religious-military organization.

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About the Author

Charles Greenstreet Addison (died 1866) was an English barrister and historical, travel and legal writer. In 1838 he published Damascus and Palmyra, describing a journey in the Middle East. He then wrote a History of the Knight Templars, the first two editions of which appeared in 1842 and a third in 1852. In 1843 he published another historical work on the Temple Church. He was best known as the author of two legal text-books, a Treatise on the Law of Contracts, 1845, and Wrongs and their Remedies, a Treatise on the Law of Torts, 1860, which went through several editions in the UK and US.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1530191041
• ISBN 13: 9781530191048
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218