Project Gutenberg 2013-12-06 Public domain in the USA. 213 Addison, C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) 1812 1866 Addison, Charles Greenstreet 09032604 The Knights Templars Third Edition Reading ease score: 55.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Knights Templars" by C. G. Addison is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book explores the origins, deeds, and downfall of the Knights Templars, a medieval military and religious order that played a significant role during the Crusades. Addison delves into their noble pursuits, challenges, and the eventual betrayal they faced, offering a rich narrative on their historical legacy. The opening of the book sets the stage for the fascinating history of the Knights Templars, beginning with the rise of pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the birth of the Order in the aftermath of the First Crusade. It describes the founding members, including Hugh de Payens, and their commissioning by King Baldwin of Jerusalem to protect pilgrims traveling to holy sites. The text indicates the Templars' initial mission to safeguard the faithful transitioned into a larger military role, intertwining their religious fervor with martial discipline amid the political and military landscape of the time. Addison also addresses common misconceptions about the Order, setting the tone for a fair and thorough examination of these storied knights. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44376/44376-h/images/i_001.jpg en Templars CR Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: History - Religious 782795 782798 2025-01-18T04:21:00.535541 2023-09-19T10:09:33.349501 text/html text/html 789883 2013-12-06T17:05:46 text/html 700542 2013-12-06T17:08:22 text/html application/zip 721342 2025-01-18T04:21:09.662499 application/epub+zip 729383 2025-01-18T04:21:01.988526 application/epub+zip 350624 2025-01-18T04:21:01.214504 application/epub+zip 1020637 2025-01-18T04:21:15.534469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 969210 2025-01-18T04:21:08.838504 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519229 2022-09-20T08:42:50.209055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694843 2024-10-18T14:48:24.191772 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 697249 2020-06-15T17:34:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 252472 2020-06-15T17:34:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 694340 2013-12-06T16:58:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 251792 2013-12-06T16:58:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 694410 2013-12-06T17:01:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 251621 2013-12-06T17:01:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22882 2025-01-18T04:21:15.677445 application/rdf+xml 19726 2025-01-18T04:21:01.326517 image/jpeg 2828 2025-01-18T04:21:01.270555 image/jpeg 697623 2025-01-18T04:21:00.612519 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia