Secret Societies of the Middle Ages
Thomas Keightley

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This is Thomas Keightley's history of three secret societies of the Middle Ages: the Assassins, the Templars and the Fehmgerichte. The Assassins, a shadowy group based in a remote stateless area, practicing a radical variant of Islam, and promising their followers a reward in the hereafter if they died in battle, has obvious modern parallels. Of interest to contemporary readers will be Keightley's treatment of the Templars, an organization of crusaders who at their height controlled huge wealth and influence from the British Isles to the Holy Land.
This book has 305 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1837.
Production notes: This e-book of Secret Societies of the Middle Ages was published by Global Grey on the 17th November 2018.
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