BARBER, Malcolm.: The New Knighthood. A History of the Order of the Temple. , Cambridge: University Press, 1994.

1st edition. "The Order of the Temple was founded in 1119 with the limited aim of protecting pilgrims around Jerusalem. It developed into one of the most powerful corporations in the medieval world which lasted for nearly two centuries until its suppression in 1312....Because of the dramatic nature of its abolition, it has retained its grip on the imagination and consequently there has developed an entirely fictional 'after-history' in which its secret presence has been evoked to explain mysteries which range from masonic conspiracy to the survival of the Turin Shroud..." Pp.xii/441, 17 black & white plates + 14 figure illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG. (Book ref. 38494)  £90.00

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