Malcolm Barber. Process Templars

The book by the English scientist M. Barber is dedicated to one of the most scandalous events in European history - the famous trial that at the beginning of the 14th century the French king Philip the Fourth and the papal Inquisition conducted against the knightly order of the Templars (templars) on charges of grave heresy (denial of Christ, idolatry, sodomy, etc.). As a result, the richest and most powerful order of the Christian world, which had a history of almost two hundred years, was defeated and ceased to exist. Hundreds of years have passed, but to this day the order has both ardent supporters and fierce opponents. M. Barber's book - one of the most authoritative studies in the world and the first publication in Russian - restores the real picture of what happened; Relying on vast documentary and scientific material, the author reveals the background and true reasons for the destruction of the order.