The Rule of the Templars

By J.M. Upton-Ward,

Book cover of The Rule of the Templars: The French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar

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Both monastic rule and military manual, the Rule is a unique document and an important historical source.

The Order of the Knights Templar, whose original purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, was first given its own Rule in 1129, formalising the exceptional combination of soldier and monk.ā€¦

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1 author picked The Rule of the Templars as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The obvious best guide to the historical Templars is the regulations that they produced for their own use. This book is a reliable English translation of those regulations.

Of course these regulations only tell us what the leaders of the Order of the Temple believed that the brothers should be doing, not necessarily what they actually did do, day by day ā€“ but they give us an insight into the brothersā€™ ideals and what their purpose.

The regulations also include many examples of when things didnā€™t go as planned and what the brothers did about it, allowing us a glimpseā€¦

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