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 has been involved in historical mysteries from masonic conspiracy to the survival of the Turin shroud. Malcolm Barber's lucid narrative separates myth from history in this full and detailed account of the Order, from its origins, flourishing and suppression to the Templars' historical afterlife.
- ISBN13 9780521558723
- Publish Date 28 September 1995 (first published 21 October 1993)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 29 March 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 466
- Language English