Why read The New Knighthood?

Book cover of The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple

Book description

The Order of the Temple, founded in 1119 to protect pilgrims around Jerusalem, developed into one of the most influential corporations in the medieval world. It has retained its hold on the modern imagination thanks to the dramatic events of the Templars' trial and abolition two hundred years later, and…

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The Knights Templar

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European history

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Why read it?

2 authors picked The New Knighthood as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Helena P. Schrader

Author

Historical accuracy is important to me. I am not interested in fantasy or alternative history, so when I read about any topic, whether in fictional or nonfictional form, I want books based on the historical record. Malcolm Barber is one of the leading scholars on the Knights Templar of the last three decades.

This book is a concise summary of his scholarship and is for me the absolute bible on the history of the Knights Templar.

From Helena's list on understanding the Knights Templar.

Helen Nicholson

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This is a detailed, reliable account of the Templars’ history from their beginning to their end.

There’s no imaginative speculation or flights of fancy: it’s all based on written and archaeological evidence from the time of the events described. Barber drew on a vast range of primary sources from across medieval Christendom and the Middle East, his own lifetime’s research into the Templars, and the work of other expert historians to produce this comprehensive history.

When it was first published, back in 1994, this was the first comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date history of the Templars available in English. Many researchers have…

From Helen's list on the real history of the Knights Templar.