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Sacred sites of the Knights Templar : ancient astronomers and the Freemasons at Stonehenge, Rennes-le-Chateau, and Santiago de Compostela / John K. Young.
LIBRA - Special HS745 .Y68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, John K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--History.
- Knights Templar (Masonic order).
- Freemasons--Europe--History.
- Freemasons.
- Archaeoastronomy--Europe.
- Archaeoastronomy.
- Astronomy, Ancient--Europe.
- Astronomy, Ancient.
- Megalithic monuments--Europe.
- Megalithic monuments.
- Secret societies.
- History.
- Architecture, Ancient.
- Europe.
- Architecture, Ancient--Europe.
- Secret societies--Europe--History.
- Stonehenge (England).
- Rennes-le-Château (France)--History.
- Rennes-le-Château (France).
- Templars.
- England--Stonehenge.
- France--Rennes-le-Château.
- Local Subjects:
- Templars.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gloucester, Mass. : Fair Winds Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- No single organization exemplifies the power and romance of medieval knighthood better than the mysterious order of the knights called the Knights Templar. Founded just after the first Crusade, the main duty of the Knights Templar was to protect pilgrims visiting the Holy City. However, the Templars soon reached a pinnacle of wealth and power far out of proportion to this simple task, acquiring hundreds of European properties and revealing the influence of kings. Along the way they also discovered the astronomical secrets of ancient sacred sites around the world--and passed these secrets along only to their spiritual descendants, the Freemasons ...
- Contents:
- Megalithic sites around Stonehenge
- Sacred sites outside of the British Isles
- Mysterious architecture of Rennes-le-Chateau
- Historical mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau
- Lost societies of medieval France
- Successors of the Knights Templar
- Santiago de Compostela
- The Templars and the Holy Grail
- Astronomy and religion in ancient Europe
- Astronomy and other Templar and Masonic sites.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1592330177
- 9781592330171
- OCLC:
- 52943114
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- Publisher description
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