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A Brief History of the Knights Templar Kindle Edition

by Helen Nicholson (Author)
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  • File Size: 6126 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Robinson (March 7, 2014)
  • Publication Date: March 7, 2014
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00RTY995W
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Excellent- One of the Three Best on the Subject
By James on May 3, 2010
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Helen Nicholson's A Brief History of the Knights Templar, was published in April 2010. It is clearly one of the two or three essential histories of the Order for any library. Dr. Nicholson is a lecturer in medieval history at the University of Wales in Cardiff. Her doctoral thesis was written on "attitudes towards the Military Orders in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries." In the preface, she thanks "Professor Malcolm Barber for advice and support over the years." Dr. Nicholson has written several books on knightly orders and the crusades.

A Brief History of the Knights Templar is an intermediate level survey on the Order. The writing is excellent and the research very solid. The author mentions that because this is not an academic text, not every sentence is footnoted. That is not a shortcoming, and makes the book easily readable. There are hundreds of footnotes included in the book for researchers.

The quality of an introduction is often a key indicator as to the quality of the book. The introduction to this book is superb. I read it three or four times before reading the book.

There are nine chapters in the book, including, "The Origins of the Order of the Temple; The Latin East: Defenders of the Holy Church; Holy War in the Iberian Peninsula and in Eastern Europe; The Organization and Government of the Order; Religious Life; Most Trustworthy Servants: In the Service of European Kings; Commercial and Economic Activities; The Trial of the Templars; Conclusion: The Templar Myth."

The book had a surprising amount of coverage on an often neglected region of the Order's activities- the Iberian Peninsula, as well as a less extensive coverage of the Order's role in Eastern Europe.Read more ›
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant
By Eric Mascarin Perigault on May 10, 2014
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Professor Nicholson presents this book originated from conferences given to her students at the University of Wales. In addition to her wealth of knowledge has the added value of being very educational. Analyze, contrast, break myths, anyway. It is an excellent work explaining what had happened to the order of a very pleasant and clear.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
lots of substance, no style
By VictoriaMoira on August 4, 2013
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I purchased the audible version, and it did not keep my attention at all! It seems to be a very scholarly work, with many historical details, but the facts are presented in such a dry fashion that I would repeatedly drift off and lose what was being said. Even with repetition I can't tell you much of what I heard, and I generally retain information very well. I was unable to finish it. I think it would make a good reference, though, if you wanted to look up historical facts.
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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not Very Exciting
By Donald F. Kaminski on July 30, 2013
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Perhaps, I expected more from this book, such as, command structure and details symbolic of position. For example, what does the black stripe at the bottom of a Templar cape mean? What about retainers, battles, and flags? I suppose, if one knows absolutely nothing about the Templars, it is a good place to start. After shifting over from an examination of the Teutonic Knights, this book seems kind of vague. Maybe this is why authors can get away with all that hokum in fictional novels.
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