Karen Ralls - Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple
Here you can read online Karen Ralls - Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2007, publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser, genre: Politics. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Romance novel
Science fiction
Adventure
Detective
Science
History
Home and family
Prose
Art
Politics
Computer
Non-fiction
Religion
Business
Children
Humor
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
- Book:Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple
- Author:
- Publisher:Red Wheel/Weiser
- Genre:
- Year:2007
- Rating:3 / 5
- Favourites:Add to favourites
- Your mark:
Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple: summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
Who were the Knights Templar? And how did they become the wealthiest multinational corporation in the medieval West? These powerful crusaders of the late Middle Ages remain a source of fascination for their mysterious ways and their far-reaching influence. The knights of the Order of the Temple were not only warriors, but also diplomats, international banking experts, advisors to popes and kings, and much more.
Written by leading Templar authority and medieval historian Dr. Karen Ralls, Knights Templar Encyclopedia presents the history of the Order of the Temple in an accessible A-to-Z format. This authoritative sourcebook features a wealth of information on the key Templar people, places, events, symbols, organization, daily life, beliefs, economic empire, trial, and more. It includes photos and illustrations, an extensive bibliography, a historical timeline, and a list of major European Templar sites.
Karen Ralls: author's other books
Who wrote Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
Font size:
Interval:
Bookmark:
I would sincerely like to thank those photographers who have provided the special photos for this work. As the old saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words. Without clear, lovely images to help us see what the text is describing, no book would be complete.
There are three such special people for this work: Eran N. Bauer of Lincolnshire, U.K., and his wonderful wife, Linda, both of whom have been tireless in their sincere dedication to history, and who have been instrumental in garnering further enthusiasm for not only the history of the medieval Knights Templar in general, but also for the fascinating Temple Bruer site in particular, the ruins of which can still be seen today. Erans photos are a great addition to any book, and I was most honored with his personal tour(s) of some of the Templar sites in England. Simon Brighton, a gifted English photographer of Templar sites, has done a wonderful job through the years with not only specific photos of medieval Templar sites all over the British Isles, but with a number of others as well. His 30 or so photos of various sites that grace this particular book are greatly appreciated. In the United States, Alan Glassman of Pennsylvania has been tireless in his quest for history and its images for many years. His enthusiasm about Templar history is evident, and he kindly provided photos for this book of some of the Templar-related sites and subjects from his many previous European journeys, and for that I am grateful.
It is a privilege indeed to have the photos of all of these talented visual artists in this encyclopedia, where both word and image are important to get the message across about the Knights Templar and their place in history.
Chronology of Events
Order of the Temple (11191314)
Templar events are in bold. Other events and people relating to the Church, cultural events, and the Crusades are included where relevant.
111831 | Reign of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem |
1119 | Official public emergence and beginnings of the Order of the Temple; nine knights, led by Hugh de Payns, the first Templar Grand Masters, present themselves to Baldwin II in Jerusalem |
1119 | Cistercian Order constitution, Carta Caritatis, presented to Pope Calixtus II |
111927 | First nine Templar knights remain in the Holy Land |
1123 | First Lateran Council extends Jerusalem privileges to Spanish crusades |
1124 | Crusaders control Tyre and occupy entire coast, except for Ascalon, which remains under Muslim control |
1126 | Death of Hughes de Champagne, recorded at Chartres |
1127 | (autumn) The early Templars return from the Holy Land; beginning of the Orders unprecedented rise in power and influence |
1128 | First Cistercian house established in Britain (Waverley, Surrey) |
1128 | Zengi becomes ruler of Aleppo and Mosul |
1129 | (January) Council of Troyes; Rule of the Templar order established and official recognition of the fledging Order granted by Pope Honorius |
1129 | William of Malmesbury completes De Antiquitate Glastonie Ecclesie |
1130 | Bernard of Clairvaux completes In Praise of the New Knighthood; new Templar recruits from England and France sent to Jerusalem to help spread the Orders influence |
113053 | Under the able leadership and powerful influence of Bernard of Clairvaux, the Templars created nearly 100 monasteries |
1130 | Zengi takes Hama and attacks Antioch |
113143 | Reign of Fulk of Anjou, King of Jerusalem |
1132 | Construction of the western facade and front nave of St. Denis Cathedral begins |
1134 | Construction of the north tower of Chartres Cathedral begins; the Templars, Hospitallers, and the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre were each left one third of the kingdom of Aragon |
1135 | Council of Pisa |
1136 | Geoffrey of Monmouth brings Arthurian literature to the worlds attention with his Latin text History of the Kings of Britain |
1136 | Robert de Craon became Templar Grand Master; serves until 1149 |
113637 | Templars established in the Amanus March (north of Antioch) |
1137 | Zengi, Muslim ruler of Aleppo and Mosul, captures Fulk, King of Jerusalem, then releases him |
1139 | Second Lateran Council |
113842 | Byzantine confrontation with crusader principality of Antioch |
1139 | Templar castles in the Holy Land completed: Baghras, Darbask, Destroit, La Roche, de Roussel, Port Bonnet; in this year, Hugh de Payns, Grand Master of the Templars, died; Fulk takes over as King of Jerusalem from Baldwin II; and also, on March 29th, 1139, Pope Innocent II issues his bull Omne Datum Optimum |
1140 | Alliance of Jerusalem and Damascus against Zengi, Muslim ruler of Aleppo and Mosul |
1140 | Council of Sens |
1142 | Peter the Venerable commissions the translation of the Koran into Latin |
1143 | Death of Fulk of Anjou, King of Jerusalem; Baldwin III assumes the reins; also in this year, Celestine II, with the blessing of Innocent II, becomes pope |
1144 | Zengi of Aleppo wins control of Edessa on Christmas Eve, which sparks the Second Crusade; also in this year, Lucius II takes over from Celestine II as pope; later in 1144, he dies in battle |
1145 | Eugenius III becomes Pope after the death of Lucius II; and in December of 1145, proclaims the Second Crusade |
1146 | Bernard of Clairvaux travels extensively and preaches the Second Crusade |
1146 | Murder of Zengi, Muslim ruler of Aleppo and Mosul; his son, Nur al-Din, succeeds him |
114749 | Second Crusade |
1147 | Pope Eugenius approves Templar usage of the red cross on their white mantles |
114770 | Peak of career of Bernart de Ventadorn, renowned Languedoc troubadour favored in Eleanor of Aquitaines court; influenced not only the Occitan tradition, but also French and German poetry |
1148 | Council of Reims |
1148 | (July) Louis VII of France, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Emperor Conrad III go to the Holy Land (Second Crusade) |
1149 | Baldwin III, with consent of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, gives Dietrich of Alsace the relic of Holy Blood collected by Joseph of Arimathea |
1149 |
Font size:
Interval:
Bookmark:
Similar books «Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple»
Look at similar books to Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Discussion, reviews of the book Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.