The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

The Templars

The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

2017 • 448 pages

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I read this in two formats: partly as an ebook, and partly as an audiobook. I find that it goes a mite faster while in audio format, but that I couldn't concentrate on the details as much as I would have if I were reading it. Either way though, this is a pretty fun read, if a bit dry in some places. Considering the amount of fictionalised accounts out there about the Templars (to say nothing of the outright lies), it was nice to read something that just told their history without trying to embroider any details or make up any conspiracies. Of all the chapters, though, I think the last one's the most important, because it's where Jones details all the myths that've sprung up around the Templars in the hundreds of years since their fall - including how they've been used to promote white supremacy. That last bit's very important imo, considering how the Templar name is being used to legitimise an abhorrent ideology.

May 7, 2018