| The Templar's Curse Contributor(s): Lord, Evelyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405840382 ISBN-13: 9781405840385 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: On the 18th March 1314, in Paris, Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, by then an old man, and Geoffroi de Charney, preceptor of the Knights Templar in Normandy, are led to the stake. Before the pyre at their feet is set alight, Jacques de Molay speaks to the watching crowd, flinging a curse at those who had condemned them: ,,"."God will revenge our death..." "All who are against us " "Will suffer for us..."" A month later Pope Clement V, who had helped to condemn the Knights Templar, died. Their chief persecutor, Philip IV of France, followed him to the grave a few months later. Famine, plague and revolt throughout Europe were to follow. Was the Templar's Curse coming home to roost? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Europe - France - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 271.79 |
| LCCN: 2007042093 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.37" W x 9.53" (1.16 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the 18th March 1314, in Paris, Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and Geoffroi de Charney, preceptor of the Knights Templar in Normandy, are led to the stake. Before the pyre at their feet is set alight, Jacques de Molay speaks to the watching crowd, proclaiming a curse on those who had wrongly condemned them. A month later Pope Clement V, who had helped to condemn the Knights Templar, died. Their chief persecutor, Phlip IV of France, followed him to the grave a few months later. And famine, plague and revolt were to follow. Was the Templar's curse coming home to roost? The Templar's Curse shows the Knights Templar under arrest, torture and trial, followed by penance for life. Chronicling the dissolution of the order after the trial in 1307, this fascinating new book investigates the consequences of the Templar's persecution and their mysterious legacy. Curses, cruelty, political intrigue, revenge...the true story of the Knights Templar is better than fiction! |
