The tragedy of the Templars
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the Crusader states
By: Michael Haag
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9781847658548; 9780062059772; 9781846684500; 9780062059758
Subjects: Templars; History
Description: In 1187, nearly a century after the victorious First Crusade, Saladin captured Jerusalem. The Templars, headquartered on the Temple Mount, were driven from the city along with the Frankish population. The fall of Jerusalem was a turning point, the start of a narrative of desperate struggle and relentless loss. In little more than a century Acre would be destroyed, the Franks driven from Outremer, and the Templars themselves, reviled and disgraced, would face their final immolation. Michael Haag's new book explores the rise and fall of the Templars against the backdrop of the Crusader ideal and.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Outremer: Crusader territory in the Holy Land; Crusader Jerusalem; Maps; The Mediterranean on the Eve of the Crusades; Prologue; Part I: The Middle East before the Crusades; 1 The Christian World; 2 The Arab Conquests; 3 Palestine under the Umayyads and the Arab Tribes; 4 The Abbasids and the Arab Eclipse; 5 Byzantine Crusades; 6 Muslim Wars and the Destruction of Palestine; Part II: The Turkish Invasion and the First Crusade; 7 The Turkish Invasion; 8 The Call; 9 The First Crusade.; title: Part III: The Founding of the Templars and the Crusader States10 The Origins of the Templars; 11 Outremer; 12 Zengi's Jihad; 13 The Second Crusade; Part IV: The Templars and the Defence of Outremer; 14 The View from the Temple Mount; 15 The Defence of Outremer; 16 Templar Wealth; Part V: Saladin and the Templars; 17 Tolerance and Intolerance; 18 Saladin's Jihad; 19 The Fall of Jerusalem to Saladin; Part VI: The Kingdom of Acre; 20 Recovery; 21 The Mamelukes; 22 The Fall of Acre; Part VII: Aftermath; 23 Lost Souls; 24 The Trial; 25 The Destruction of the Templars; Notes; Bibliography; Index.