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PublisherBirlinn, The Limited

ISBN-101841583952

ISBN-139781841583952

eBay Product ID (ePID)58353813

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

Publication NameSecret Scroll : the Discovery of One of the Most Important Historical Document of the Middle Ages

LanguageEnglish

SubjectFreemasonry & Secret Societies, Folklore & Mythology, Institutions & Organizations, History, Europe / Medieval

Publication Year1900

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History

AuthorAndrew Sinclair

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal271.7913

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisThe Secret Scroll is the story of how a little known manuscript in a Masonic Lodge in Kirkwall has become one of the most important historical documents of the Middle Ages. It is also the story of the Templars, who were its guardians, and of what happened to them after the Crusades., Although references to this famous order of military knights rarely appears in standard histories of the time, a great deal of information about them can be gleaned from other, more esoteric sources, such as sculpture and architecture.Suppressed by Philip of France out of greed, the Templars were gradually driven underground in more and more European countries. Yet they continued to exist, still guarding the knowledge and relics that they had gathered for the defence of the Holy Land. It is this that connects all this to Henry St Clair, Earl of Orkney and Grand Master of the Knights Templar and discoverer of America. All of these threads come together in one extraordinary scroll still in Kirkwall which reveals in full the secrets of the Knights Templar., Comprehensive and scholarly ... Andrew Sinclair has written a fascinating book' - The Literary Review 'Andrew Sinclair guides us through this romantic story that has preoccupied poets, priests and pilgrims from Zeus to Jung and Indiana Jones. This is an absorbing history that transcends the frontiers and creeds of cultures and religions' - The Independent Although references to this famous order of military knights rarely appears in standard histories of the time, a great deal of information about them can be gleaned from other, more esoteric sources, such as sculpture and architecture. Suppressed by Philip of France out of greed, the Templars were gradually driven underground in more and more European countries. Yet they continued to exist, still guarding the knowledge and relics that they had gathered for the defence of the Holy Land. It is this that connects all this to Henry St Clair, Earl of Orkney and Grand Master of the Knights Templar and discoverer of America. All of these threads come together in one extraordinary scroll still in Kirkwall which reveals in full the secrets of the Knights Templar.

LC Classification NumberPR6069.I5