MB616 - The Templars - Secret History Revealed
MB616 - The Templars - Secret History Revealed
Barbara Frale
Vatican Secret Archives Historian
Hardcover, 5.5" X 8.5", 232 pages
An explosive new history of the medieval world's most powerful military
order, the Templars—and the momentous discovery that finally allows the
full story to be told.
At its height, the Order of the Knights Templar rivaled the kingdoms
of Europe in military might, economic power, and political influence.
For 700 years the tragic demise of this society of warrior-monks amid
accusations of heresy has been plagued by controversy, in part because
the transcript of their trial by the Inquisition—which held the key to
the truth—had vanished.
Templar historian Barbara Frale happened
to be studying a document at the Vatican Secret Archives when she
suddenly realized that it was none other than the long-lost transcript!
It revealed that Pope Clement V had absolved the order of all charges of
heresy. Using this sensational new information, Frale chronicles the
Templars' spectacular rise and fall against a sweeping backdrop of war,
religious fervor, and the struggle for dominance, and finally lifts the
centuries-old cloak of mystery surrounding one of the world’s most
intriguing secret societies.