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Templar Convivencia: Templars and Their Associates in 12th and 13th Century Iberia by Paula R. Stiles
Main UK
Paula Stiles is the editor of Innsmouth Free Press magazine and also a medieval scholar. This free book is her PhD dissertation described as:
"Templar Convivencia: Templars and Their Associates in 12th and 13th Century Iberia" explores the people behind the legendary medieval warriors: the Order of the Temple of Solomon. Contrary to popular myth, most Templars were neither knights nor nobles. Many were not even monks. Spanish Templars in the Crown of Aragon included in their ranks women, Jews and even Muslims. Illustrated with 47 photos of sites in Spain.