Why read The Everyday Life of the Templars?

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The Knights Templar did not write about themselves, or keep diaries, so you would be forgiven for thinking there would not be much to know about their everyday lives. However, the records of the Templars' estates tell us how they lived—from the buildings they lived in and their furnishings, to…

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1 author picked The Everyday Life of the Templars as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Helena P. Schrader

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What I found so exciting about this book is that it focuses on the vast majority of Templars who were not fighting men at all. Furthermore, it depicts the Templar's monastic and communal life. This is an aspect of Templar life that many novelists appear never to have heard about.

I particularly enjoyed the detailed look at recruiting and demographics, and as a novelist, Nicholson’s discussion of career paths was helpful. Yet it was the degree of integration in local communities that was perhaps most surprising to me. I wish that no one would write a novel featuring Templars without…

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