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A new survey of major Templar landholdings offers fresh insights into key questions about their medieval history.
Much has been written about the history of the Knights Templar, the legendary Order of military monks. Far less attention, however, has been paid to the Templar estates in Western Christendom which supportedā¦
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Where did the Templars get the resources to build and maintain castles in the Holy Land and carry on their warfare against the enemies of Christendom? This book focuses on the Templarsā extensive properties in Lincolnshire, England, to show how the Templars generated wealth from their vast estates across Europe.
Using the Templarsā own record of their English holdings in 1185 and the English government records from the Templar trial period, 1308ā13, Jefferson produces a fascinating study of Templar land- and people-management, showing that the Templars were at least as effective as farmers and managers as they were as warriors.ā¦
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