| Secret Societies of the Middle Ages Contributor(s): Keightley, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 116272840X ISBN-13: 9781162728407 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge - History | Europe - Medieval - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 366.090 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6" W x 9" (1.23 lbs) 420 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1848. The present volume is devoted to the history of three celebrated societies which flourished during the middle ages, and of which, as far as we know, no full and satisfactory account is to be found in English literatures. These are the Assassins, or Ismailites, of the East, whose name has become in all the languages of Europe synonymous with murderer, who were a secret society, and of whom we have in general such vague and indistinct conceptions; the military order of the Knights Templars, who were most barbarously persecuted under the pretext of their holding a secret doctrine, and against whom the charge has been renewed at the present day; and, finally, the Secret Tribunals of Westphalia, in Germany, concerning which all our information has hitherto been derived from the incorrect statements of dramatists and romancers. |