Stella & Rose's Books

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Contents

• PART ONE: The First Crusade and the Birth of the Temple
• 1. Holy War (1052 to 1099)
• 2. The Kingdom of Jerusalem (1100 to 1118)
• 3. The Knights of the Temple (1118 to 1139)
• 4. Allahu Akbar!
• PART TWO: At War in the Holy Land
• 5. St. Bernard's Crusade (1126 to 1148)
• 6. The Breach at Ascalon (1149 to 1162)
• 7. The Coming of Saladin (1163 to 1174)
• 8. The Horns of Hattin (1174 to 1187)
• 9. The Fall of Jerusalem (1187)
• 10. Frederick Barbarossa (1187 to 1190)
• 11. The Lion Heart (1190 to 1191)
• 12. Impasse (1191 to 1192)
• 13. The Sons of Saladin (1193 to 1199)
• 14. A Crusade Against Christians (1200 to 1204)
• 15. The Albigensian Crusade (1205 to 1214)
• 16. A Cardinal Sin (1215 to 1229)
• 17. The Emperor Frederick (1221 to 1229)
• 18. The Disorder of the Temple (1229 to 1239)
• 19. Tibald of Champagne (1239 to 1240)
• 20. Triumph and Tradegy (1241 to 1247)
• 21. The Man Who Would be Saint (1244 to 1250)
• 22. King-of-the-Hill (1250 to 1261)
• 23. The Khan of the Khans (1167 to 1260)
• 24. The Revenge of Baibars (1260 to 1274)
• 25. The Pope of Good Intentions (1271 to 1274)
• 26. A Kingdom Coming Apart (1275 to 1289)
• 27. The Fall of Acre (1289 to 1291)
• 28. "Jesus Wept" (1292 to 1305)
• PART THREE: Torture and Trial
• 29. Friday the Thirteenth (1306 to 1307)
• 30. A Faith to Die For (1307 to 1311)
• 31. The Destruction of the Temple (1311 to 1314)
• 32. Legacy
• Lists of Templar Grand Masters, Popes
• Kings of Jersulem, France, England
• Germany, and Holy Roman Emperors
• Bibliography
• Index