Knights Templar: Faith, Power, and the Order That Shook Medieval Europe

The Knights Templar Faith, Power, and the Order That Shook Medieval Europe is a rigorously researched, myth-free history of one of the most powerful—and most misunderstood—institutions of the medieval world.Founded as warrior-monks sworn to poverty, obedience, and the defense of pilgrims, the Knights Templar became far more than soldiers of the Crusades. They pioneered early international finance,...