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Downfall of the Templars: Guilty of Diabolic Magic?

Tony McMahon

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Description:In a controversial new look at the trials of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1312, TV historian Tony McMahon argues that this was the first of the witchcraft trials that would engulf Europe for three hundred years. By way of evidence, he looks at other prosecutions that were happening at the same time and with the same inquisitors involved. This included the rounding up of a group of female preachers known as the Beguines; the trial for sorcery of the Bishop of Troyes, accused of killing the queen using magic spells; and the bizarre prosecution of a dead pope, Boniface VIII. The man at the centre of all this was King Philip IV of France. His motives for destroying the Templars is often written off as just a crude, bloody grab for their money and land. But McMahon argues that the king believed the accusations being levelled against the knights. He was behind a string of sorcery-related prosecutions at a time when church and state were becoming far more interested in witchcraft - previously regarded as superstitious nonsense. With our modern mindsets, we fail to appreciate how a medieval monarch could genuinely have thought that satanic forces were at work in his realm.McMahon then investigates all the various theories about Templar treasure and where it might have ended up before looking at how the Templars have been depicted since their fall in modern culture from Assassin's Creed to Star Wars.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Downfall of the Templars: Guilty of Diabolic Magic?. To get started finding Downfall of the Templars: Guilty of Diabolic Magic?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In a controversial new look at the trials of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1312, TV historian Tony McMahon argues that this was the first of the witchcraft trials that would engulf Europe for three hundred years. By way of evidence, he looks at other prosecutions that were happening at the same time and with the same inquisitors involved. This included the rounding up of a group of female preachers known as the Beguines; the trial for sorcery of the Bishop of Troyes, accused of killing the queen using magic spells; and the bizarre prosecution of a dead pope, Boniface VIII. The man at the centre of all this was King Philip IV of France. His motives for destroying the Templars is often written off as just a crude, bloody grab for their money and land. But McMahon argues that the king believed the accusations being levelled against the knights. He was behind a string of sorcery-related prosecutions at a time when church and state were becoming far more interested in witchcraft - previously regarded as superstitious nonsense. With our modern mindsets, we fail to appreciate how a medieval monarch could genuinely have thought that satanic forces were at work in his realm.McMahon then investigates all the various theories about Templar treasure and where it might have ended up before looking at how the Templars have been depicted since their fall in modern culture from Assassin's Creed to Star Wars.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Downfall of the Templars: Guilty of Diabolic Magic?. To get started finding Downfall of the Templars: Guilty of Diabolic Magic?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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