Christopher Hodapp, Alice Von Kannon

The Templar Code for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Follow the quest for the Holy Grail and its link to the Templars

Explore the legends and lore of this powerful, influential society

Did The Da Vinci Code leave you hungry for more details about the Knights Templar? This plain-English guide explains who these mysterious figures were, how they rose so high, and why they fell so far. You'll explore Christian theories that involved the order and discover the role they played in important events, such as the French Revolution and the Civil War.

_ How Knights lived their lives
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What led to the demise of the order
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The Templars' relationship to other secret societies
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What became of the fabled Templar treasure
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Who the modern-day Templars are

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780470127650
• ISBN-10: 0470127651
• Artikelnr.: 22761140

Autorenporträt

Christopher Hodapp is a Freemason who has traveled extensively reporting on the Masonic practices in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere. Alice Von Kannon is a historian and writer, who has worked for many years in the advertising and commercial production business.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part I: The Knights Templar and the Crusades. Chapter 1.
Defining the Templar Code. Chapter 2. A Crash Course in Crusading. Chapter
3. The Rise of the Knights Templar. Part II: A Different Kind of
Knighthood. Chapter 4. Living in a Templar World. Chapter 5. The Poor
Knights Crash and Burn: The Fall of the Templars. Chapter 6. Cold Case
Files: The Evidence against the Templars. Part III: After the Fall of the
Templars. Chapter 7. Templars Survive in Legend and in Fact. Chapter 8.
"Born in Blood": Freemasonry and the templars. Chapter 9. Modern-Day
Templars. Part IV: Templars and the Grail. Chapter 10. The Templars and the
Quest for the Holy Grail. Chapter 11. The 21st Century Dawns with a New
Grail Myth. Part V: Squaring Off: The Church versus the Gospel According to
Dan Brown. Chapter 12. Templars and The Da Vinci Code. Chapter 13. The
Suppression of the "Feminine Divine": Truth or Feminist Fiction? Chapter
14. Getting Our Acts Together: Constantine and the Council of Nicaea. Part
VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 15. Ten Candidates for the Site of the Holy
Grail. Chapter 16. Ten Absolutely Must-See Templar Sites. Chapter 17. Ten
Places That May Be Hiding the Templar Treasure. Index.