House of des Barres: A Definitive History of Grand Master Everard des Barres, King Louis VII, and the Disaster in Anatolia (Knights Templar: The Men Behind the Myth)
Language: English
Published by Winston Maddox Publishing, 2026
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- Title
- House of des Barres: A Definitive History of Grand Master Everard des Barres, King Louis VII, and the Disaster in Anatolia (Knights Templar: The Men Behind the Myth)
- Author
- Maddox, Winston
- Publisher
- Winston Maddox Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798237844290
Can you truly understand the blood-soaked origin of the Knights Templar without standing in the mountain passes where their white mantles were first dyed in royal red?
Most popular histories treat the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ as a faceless, monolithic order, reducing their complex military operations to vague legends of hidden treasure and papal intrigue. House of des Barres: A Definitive History of Grand Master Everard des Barres, King Louis VII, and the Disaster in Anatolia dismantles centuries of pseudohistory to deliver a gritty, character-driven chronicle of real tactical brilliance. Grounded in primary sources like Odo of Deuil's De Profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem, this volume details the exact operational mechanics of the Second Crusade, the catastrophic breakdown of royal discipline at the Battle of Mount Cadmus in 1148, and the military doctrine that saved the Kingdom of France from total destruction.
At the center of this storm stands Everard des Barres and his formidable lineage-a noble house that embodied the medieval ideal of the warrior-monk. When King Louis VII's march across Anatolia disintegrated under relentless Seljuk Turk ambushes, it was des Barres who assumed supreme command of the army. He restructured the shattered royal forces, enforced absolute iron discipline, and spearheaded counter-charges through steep, narrow gorges to repel light cavalry archers. Beyond Mount Cadmus, this comprehensive work traces the House of des Barres from its early feudal foundations in Champagne, through the grueling Siege of Damascus and Everard's eventual ascension as the Third Grand Master, to his quiet retirement at Clairvaux alongside Bernard of Clairvaux, and the modern legacy of the des Barres bloodline.
Written for the seasoned history reader who demands scholarly accuracy without sacrificing dramatic momentum, this book exposes the cold realities of Crusader logistics, armor performance, mountain tactics, and feudal politics. You will explore how Templar banking was born out of desperate wartime loans negotiated to feed starving troops, how European nobility adapted to Turkish horse-archer warfare, and how a single noble clan left an indelible mark on medieval Europe. This is not a work of speculative fiction; it is a definitive, unyielding, and immersive reconstruction of men who shaped the destiny of Outremer with steel and vow.
When the dust of Anatolia settles and the myths are stripped away, will you settle for comfortable legends, or will you dare to stand alongside the steel-clad men who actually forged history?
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