Templars por Read, Piers Paul - 2001

Phoenix Press, 2001. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Phoenix Press, 2001. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Phoenix Press, 2001. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Knights Templar remain the most glamorous, but also the most mysterious, of all religious organizations. Romanticized by Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe and by Wagner in his opera Parsifal, the Templars have been both celebrated as ascetic martyrs, dying for the greater good of Christianity, and condemned as deviant heretics, thieves, and sodomites who sold the Holy Land out to the Muslim Infidels. In his carefully researched study The Templars, the acclaimed novelist Piers Paul Read investigates the truth behind the myth. Placing his account of the rise of the Templars within a wider historical and political context, Read argues that "The Templars were a multinational force engaged in the defence of the Christian concept of a world order: and their demise marks the point when the pursuit of the common good within Christendom became subordinate to the interests of the nation state."
This approach takes Read back into the Dark Ages and the context for the first Christian Crusade, which culminated… Ler mais

Orion Publishing Group, Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London.: Phoenix Press., 2001. xiii, 350pp, colour illustrations. The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the most powerful military order of the Crusades.. Reprint.. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orion Publishing Group, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Phoenix House, 2001. A solid copy, showing light signs of wear. Some creasing to the covers and spine. Interiors are unmarked.. First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

phoenix Orion, 2001. New Edition. fine. 1st phoenix 2001 trade edition paperback fine condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

London: Orion, 2001. Reprint . Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. paperback,illustrated,350 pages,fine.Shelf B54.