Os Templários: A Lenda e o Legado dos Guerreiros de Deus

by Geordie Torr

Envolta em mitos e conspirações, a história dos Cavaleiros Templários é pouco compreendida. Geordie Torr separa fatos da ficção, revelando a espantosa história da ordem militar religiosa que dominou a política do Oriente Médio medieval. Inicialmente criada para proteger os peregrinos cristãos na Terra Santa, após a Primeira Cruzada, os Templários logo tornaram-se uma organização de incrível influência e riqueza, empunhando suas espadas e moedas a serviço da Igreja. No entanto, apenas dois séculos depois, acusada de heresia, a ordem foi desmantelada e seus membros foram queimados na fogueira. Controversos, impiedosos e totalmente dedicados a sua causa, eles moldaram o curso da história medieval e sua fama sinistra tem resistido na imaginação popular desde o seu desaparecimento.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Religion

256 pages, Paperback

Published December 3, 2021

About the author

Originally trained as a biologist, studying lizards in the rainforests of North Queensland. A sideline in freelance writing was then transformed into a career when he became a staff writer and then chief sub-editor on Australian Geographic. Following a short stint as science editor of Newton, a move to the UK saw him taking on the role of deputy editor of Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), and then assuming the editorship a few years later. This role gave him a wonderful opportunity to continue his long-running love affair with travel in all of its forms, which began in 1992 with an eight-month backpacking trip around Canada, Europe and Central America, and has now seen him visit more than 60 countries (see below). After completing a year-long, 25-country trip around Europe and then overland from the UK to Australia with his partner and their two children (an experience he blogged about here), he took over the editorship of the Australia/NZ edition of National Geographic Traveller. When the contract to produce that magazine changed hands, he began freelancing full time. He has since written books on the Silk Road, the Knights Templar and planet Earth. He is currently the editor of Engineering Designer, the journal of the Institution of Engineering Designers.

Reviews

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Templars is an overview of the religious-military order that was founded to protect pilgrims to tje Holy Land. Based mainly on secondary sources, the work gives a cursory history of the crusades. The organization and functioning of the order is discussed in a few chapters at the end. Overall, this is a good basic introduction to the Templars and the crusades filled with the names of key personnel.

[Autumn Slaght · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't realize this until I began my study of the medieval period, but I'll be the first to admit that the Crusades are not my favorite time in history. So I'm not sure I can give this book due credit just because I had already decided that once I started reading.
The book was well written. I loved in the first chapter how it talked about origins. I love hearing the history of people and places, other than just jumping in and assuming that the reader knows where each country is. The writing style was also good.
This is probably the best book I've read on the Crusades/Templars so far because it's only topic was the knights Templar so it didn't have to cover nearly 200 years of world history crammed into one like others have.
There were two things I hated. One was that he wrote the format of dates like 21 December not December 21 because that messes with my brain and is very distracting. Another thing I HATED. And I have a passionate hatred for this, so I almost put the book away. But he referred to the time as CE instead of AD. I hate this , I hate this because it takes Christ out of yet another portion of our lives. It's not Common Era. Common with what? Godlessness? It's IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD.
Okay, I'm done ranting now. :)

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a very concise overview, and easy-to-read history...but it isn't quite what it advertises on the cover. I supposed there is an argument to be made that the history of the Crusades equals the history of the Templars, but reading this book feels more like a history of the Crusades, featuring special guest stars the Crusades. It's perfectly adequate for what it is, but I was hoping for something a little more focused.

[Regina Andreassen]

I am extremely disappointed; this book focuses on the crusades and the templars are mere side characters. In spite of that l, I would have finished the book if it was written eloquently, unfortunately this is not the case. The book is dry and insipid and although the first pages are promising the quality of the writing deteriorated rapidly.

If all you want is a revision of quick facts and dates, then this book may satisfy you. Personally, I am sure that I will learn more about the Templars if I read a few peer-reviewed papers. If you want to gain a further understanding of the crusades then pick a book that explores them in detail. I will definitely be donating this book to charity.

[Lyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very dry. I think the author probably was going for factually correct and verifiable but that just landed him in souless and flat. It read like a looooong wikipedia article. It was so swamped with names and dates with so little emphasis on any one person or period that it all faded into the background.

You know those really cringey PR people on TV shows that are all "people love a STORY!"? Well, yeah. They're kinda right. This needed an overarching thread of storyline (still non fiction of course) woven in in which we could be introduced to the facts instead of the wall of endless facts that this was.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I came to this book not knowing anything about the reality of the Knights Templar, having only come across the name occassionally in a novel. Author Geordie Torr delves into the history of the Knights, aiming to focus on the facts that so often can forgotten in favor of the fiction. I found this one hard to get through. It was informative, but the writing felt dry and uninspired.

[Akel Kanaan · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my grasp this is not a book for those who want to be introduced to the Templar’s saga. Nevertheless, is a well done piece full of historical passages. It is more focused on the military and geographical movement aspects of the Templar than its religious, philosophical and esoteric sides (unfortunately). There are several parts of the history the one might be feel a bit lost due to the overload of data and characters that come and go several times. The last part of the book is very appealing where is more focused on the legacy of the Templars. This book also present a summary containing the mainly historical facts organized by the respective year of occurrence.

[Letícia Bispo · Rating 2 out of 5]

O editor da capa deveria ser processado por propaganda enganosa. Tudo bem, é IMPOSSÍVEL falar sobre os templários sem falar sobre as cruzadas. Mas 90% do livro é sobre as cruzadas e uma pequena parte fala sobre os templários em si. No capítulo 10, penúltimo do livro, é o único mísero capítulo que fala sobre a estrutura da ordem templária, por exemplo. Além de que o livro me parece uma regurgitação sem fim de nomes e locais. Sem um mapa geográfico e um árvore de sucessão sequer, fica bem difícil acompanhar os 200 anos de história que o livro abrange.

[Scott Johnston · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a bad book. Very historically descriptive so it can get pretty dry at times and I definitely wouldn't call it a gripping narrative. Very comprehensive history of 1100-1300 throughout each major event which took place relating to the Templars at that time. Hard to recommend to anyone unless they're a hardcore history buff and wants a very detailed breakdown.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very concise history of the crusades crusades from the first to the last concentrating on the Templars. Very well written and easy to read and understand.

[Sam Kates · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too journalistic in style for my tastes, i.e. a dry recounting of facts with very little commentary to enliven or illuminate the narrative.

[Raúl Sánchez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es un libro muy muy interesante pero algo ocurrió en el trabajo de traducción y edición que dejaron muchísimos errores. Hay oraciones que no hacen sentido y nombres inconsistentes que me hacen dudar mucho de la información que estoy leyendo.

[Thomas · Rating 1 out of 5]

A rather dry recitation of history with little redeeming prose. More of a list of meds, places and dates of the Crusades.