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The Knights Templar were the wealthiest and most powerful religious military orders during the times of the crusaders. The historian Dan Jones, who's podcast This is History is a bite size series now into season 3, knows his history!

I read this book, having already read In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England in December 2022, provides a broader overview of how the Templars were formed in the early 1100's and their fall just over 200 years later.

The book is in 4 parts, Pilgrims, Soldiers, Banks and Heretics and it covers all the major crusades that they had involvement with and although it is a very broad overview, you get a good insight into the order over the course of just over 400 pages it is a good introduction to this period of history. 

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