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Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain Hardcover – Sept. 12 2023
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The Knights Templar have an enduring reputation—but not one they would recognize. Originally established in the twelfth century to protect pilgrims, the Order is remembered today for heresy, fanaticism, and even satanism.
In this bold new interpretation, Steve Tibble sets out to correct the record. The Templars, famous for their battles on Christendom’s eastern front, were in fact dedicated peace-mongers at home. They influenced royal strategy and policy, created financial structures, and brokered international peace treaties—primarily to ensure that men, money, and material could be transferred more readily to the east.
Charting the rise of the Order under Henry I through to its violent suppression following the fall of Acre, Tibble argues that these medieval knights were essential to the emergence of an early English state. Revealing the true legacy of the British Templars, he shows how a small group helped shape medieval Britain while simultaneously fighting in the name of the Christian Middle East.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication dateSept. 12 2023
- Dimensions15.19 x 3.2 x 23.6 cm
- ISBN-100300264453
- ISBN-13978-0300264456
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“Thoughtful, original, accessible: Tibble writes with panache and, yes, the Templars were even more important and played an even bigger role in English affairs than we thought.”—Peter W. Edbury, author of The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade
“Templars is an engaging and fascinating exploration of the most famous medieval knights. Templars are, here, administrators and diplomats as well as warriors, supranational seekers of peace in Europe to fuel war in the Near East. In seeing their work in the round, Tibble offers us a deep and rich picture of the Order.”—Matthew Lewis, author of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
“Vivid and illuminating. . . . With a wry style and a sharp eye for an engaging anecdote Tibble reveals the surprising profile of the Templars as diplomats, seafarers, farmers and financiers who, at times, were right at the heart of royal government – activities all essential to their core purpose of fighting to defend Jerusalem.”—Jonathan Philips, author of The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin
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- Publisher : Yale University Press (Sept. 12 2023)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0300264453
- ISBN-13 : 978-0300264456
- Item weight : 635 g
- Dimensions : 15.19 x 3.2 x 23.6 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #450,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,790 in English History (Books)
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About the author

Dr Steve Tibble is the author of 'The Crusader Strategy' (2020), ‘The Crusader Armies’ (2018), recently published in Italian as 'Gli eserciti delle Crociate' (2020), and ‘Monarchy and Lordships in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1291’ (1989). He has also contributed to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and to the forthcoming Cambridge History of the Crusades.
He is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge and completed his PhD on the internal politics of the crusader states at London University. Steve is an Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway College, University of London.
Michael Haag writes:
http://michaelhaag.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-crusader-armies.html







