Ebook: The Templars and the shroud of Christ
Author: Barbara Frale
- Genre: History
- Tags: Holy Shroud, Templars, Shroud of Turin
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
- City: New York
- Language: English
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This book tracks the Knights Templar from their inception as warrior-monks protecting religious pilgrims, to the later fascination with their secret rituals and incredible wealth, which ultimately led to their dissolution and the seizing of their assets. For a certain period, the Templars--the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages--secretly guarded the Shroud of Turin. Known in its intimate Read more...