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portada Robert de Craon: The Definitive History of the Templar Pioneer, the Siege of Damascus, and the Second Crusade (6)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
178
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9798237745061

Robert de Craon: The Definitive History of the Templar Pioneer, the Siege of Damascus, and the Second Crusade (6)

Winston Maddox (Author) · Winston Maddox Publishing · Paperback

Robert de Craon: The Definitive History of the Templar Pioneer, the Siege of Damascus, and the Second Crusade (6) - Winston Maddox

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Synopsis "Robert de Craon: The Definitive History of the Templar Pioneer, the Siege of Damascus, and the Second Crusade (6)"

Are you weary of sensationalized histories that reduce the Knights Templar to esoteric secret societies, treasure hunters, or cardboard cutouts of medieval chivalry?To understand the real Templar Order, one must confront the brutal realities of twelfth-century Outremer-a thin strip of Latin strongholds surrounded by hostile frontiers, where survival depended on administrative genius as much as martial prowess. Robert de Craon: The Definitive History of the Templar Pioneer, the Siege of Damascus, and the Second Crusade transports you directly into the war rooms, papal courts, and sun-bleached battlefields of the Early Crusades. This volume strips away centuries of speculative myth to deliver a character-driven military history grounded in contemporary Latin, Arabic, and European chronicles. You will stand beside Robert de Craon as he negotiates the revolutionary papal bull Omne Datum Optimum, establishing the Templars as a global superpower answerable only to the Pope, and follow his knights into the catastrophic tactical errors beneath the mud-brick walls of Damascus in 1148.This is not a passive overview; it is an immersive, detail-dense exploration of early monastic warfare, medieval diplomacy, and the logistics of crusade. Discover how de Craon constructed the network of European preceptories that funneled silver, horses, and fresh blood into the Levantine theater. Examine the tactical mechanics of the Templar heavy cavalry charge, the brutal attrition of frontier siegecraft, and the delicate political balance between the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the native Syrian baronies. From the founding days of the Order through its medieval apex and eventual dissolution, this work traces the unbroken thread of de Craon's structural innovations to reveal how his institutional blueprint shaped the Templar legacy down to the modern day.Will you remain content with popular mythology, or are you ready to step past the legends and command the true history of the men who built the Order? Read more

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