Knights Templar

The Knights Templar, with their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Middle Ages. This book documents their history, covering their beginnings, rise, mission, decline, arrests and dissolutions, secret archives, organization, grand masters, and legacy; as well as modern Templars and legends and relics. Legends and relics connected to the Knights Templar include the Holy Grail and the Shroud of Turin.