Review this Book

The Knights Templar were the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages, originally formed from nine comrades in 1118 to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land. Returning to Europe within a decade and sworn to poverty, chastity and obedience, the Knights Templar rapidly gained wealth, lands and influence. They became a powerful law unto themselves swearing allegiance only to the Pope himself. Clad in a white mantle with the splayed red cross, the knights took part in the Crusades with martial zeal and strength - but their influence at the heigh...