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The second book in a fascinating series by Vatican historian Barbara Frale. The Knights Templar - the most powerful religious-military order of the Middle Ages - almost certainly looked after a mysterious shroud that is now kept in Turin. Worshipped in a relentlessly secret manner and known in its intimate nature only by a handful of the order's officials, the swathe of fabric was kept in the central treasury of the Knights Templar. In an age of doctrinal confusion, the shroud might have represented a powerful antidote against the spread of heresy...
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Templars, The: The Shroud Of Christ, Barbara Frale
- Language
- Released
- 2011
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Templars, The: The Shroud Of Christ
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Barbara Frale
- Publisher
- Maverick House
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 303
- ISBN10
- 1905379730
- ISBN13
- 9781905379736
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Topics, Religion, Middle Ages
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- The second book in a fascinating series by Vatican historian Barbara Frale. The Knights Templar - the most powerful religious-military order of the Middle Ages - almost certainly looked after a mysterious shroud that is now kept in Turin. Worshipped in a relentlessly secret manner and known in its intimate nature only by a handful of the order's officials, the swathe of fabric was kept in the central treasury of the Knights Templar. In an age of doctrinal confusion, the shroud might have represented a powerful antidote against the spread of heresy...