The Knights Templar: From Catholic Crusaders to Conspiring Criminals

This fascinating illustrated history delves into the chivalric orders originally founded during the Crusades—revealing the truth behind some of Europe’s most misunderstood organizations.

The Templars, the Knights Hospitallers, the Teutonic Knights: the chivalric orders founded during the Crusades evoke romantic images of warrior monks who were fierce but spiritual, pious yet battle ready. But what were they really like? How did their organizations form, rise, and decline? And how much of wh...