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THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 170 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on one USB flash drive covering all aspects of THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR & ANCIENT MASONIC ORDERS.

Discover the history and origins of the Knights Templar, Knights of Malta, Knights of Pythias and the Order of the Red Cross. Study their ancient Masonic rituals, emblems and existence throughout the world. Read about the crusades, the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and freemasonry in the Holy Land. Explore the history, antiquities, laws, symbols, constitutions, customs, and ceremonies of these medieval orders. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the Knights Templar, freemasonry and medieval history. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

This superb compilation of 171 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices - J. Hutchinson (1902)

A crusader of France; the letters of Captain Ferdinand Belmont of the chasseurs alpins (August 2, 1914-December 28, 1915) - F. Belmont (1917)

A digest of the laws of the order of Knights of Pythias in the state of Pennsylvania (1872)

A digest of the laws, decisions, rules and usages of the Independent Order of Good Templars (1875)

A historic review of the Order of the Knights hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and Malta - W. H. Lannin (1922)

A history of Malta during the period of the French and British occupations, 1798-1815 - W. Hardman (1909)

A history of the Knights of Malta, or The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem Vol. 1 - W. Porter (1858)

A history of the Knights of Pythias and its branches and auxiliary - H. G. Webb (1910)

A Knight templar's pilgrimage to the Holy Land - T. Wilson (1908)

A Library of Freemasonry comprising its history, antiquities, symbols, constitutions, customs, and concordant orders of Royal Arch, Knights Templar, A. A. S. Rite, Mystic Shrine Vols. 2 - 4 - R. Gould (1906)

A manual of the three first degrees of freemasonry. With an introductory key-stone to the royal arch - R. Carlile (1860)

A merry crusade to the Golden Gate, under the banners of Allegheny Commandery, No. 35, Knights Templar, Allegheny, Pa. - E. F. Erk (1906)

A short history of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem; from its earliest foundation in A.D. 1014 to the end of the Great War of A.D. 1914-1918 - E. Tenison (1922)

A study of the Crusades through a selected and annotated list of historical novels - A. L. Clinton (1903)

American members of foreign orders - J. H. Gore (1910)

An accurate historical account of all the orders of knighthood at present existing in Europe Vols. 1 & 2 - L. Hanson (1802)

An address, What Pythian knighthood means - H. W. Hill (1912)

An analysis of Temple Commandery No. 2 of Albany, N.Y. - W. Lloyd (1898)

Ancient and modern Malta containing a full and accurate account of the present state of the islands of Malta and Goza, the history of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem Vols. 1 & 2 - P. Boisgelin de Kerdu (1805)

By Laws Of Mary Commandery - Masonic Knights Templar (1888)

By-laws of De Molay Commandery of Knights Templars and the appendant orders (1881)

Calendar of Knights - F. Townsend (1888)

Catalogue des Chevaliers de Malte, appelés successivement Chevaliers de l'ordre militaire et hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, de Rhodes & de Malte, 1099-1890 - L.de La Roque (1891)

Charter and by-laws of Sutton Commandery of Knights Templars and the appendant orders, New Bedford, Mass (1880)

Chicago illustrated, 1820 to 1880 - also a condensed history of the Orders of Knighthood (1880)

Chivalry and the wounded - the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem (1014-1914) - E. M. Tenison (1914)

Chronicles of the crusades - being contemporary narratives of the crusade of Richard Coeur de Lion - J. A. Giles (1848)

Code of the ancient accepted Scottish Rite of free masonry, Orient of Illinois, Valley of Chicago (1901)

Coins of the grand masters of the Order of Malta, or Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem - R. Morris (1884)

Committee For Relief Of Knights Templar And Ancient And Accepted scotch Masons (1872)

Complete history of the epoch making XXXI triennial conclave of the Grand encampment Knights templar of the United States, with a concise history of templarism from its inception - A. Redmond (1910)

Constitution and statutes of the Grand encampment of Knights templar of the United States of America - together with forms for templar trials, ... installation of officers, etc. (1910)

Constitution of the Most Worthy Grand, Worthy Grand, County, Primary, and Juvenile Lodges of the British Templars (1871)

Crusading With Knights Templar - D. W. Semple (1897)

First digest of the laws of the Supreme lodge of the world, Knights of Pythias (1877)

Freemasonry in the holy land, or, handmarks of Hiram's builders - R. Morris (1876)

Grand constitution and grand statutes of the Grand logdge, Knights of Pythias, domain of Iowa (1903)

Grand Encampment Of Knights Templar 16th Triennial (1865)

Heroes of the Crusades - B. Hutton (1869)

Heroines of the crusades - C. A. Bloss (1853)

Historical Conversations for Young Persons I. The History of Malta and of the Knights of St John - Markham (1836)

History of Apollo commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Chicago, state of Illinois (1884)

History of Apollo Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, Troy, N.Y., 1837-1882 (1882)

History of Maryland Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar, stationed at Baltimore, State of Maryland, from 1790-1890 (1891)

History of the crusades - their rise, progress, and results - G. Procter (1854)

History Of The Knights Templar Of Pennsylvania - A. Creigh (1867)

History of the Knights Templar of the state of Pennsylvania - A. Creigh (1868)

History Of The Knights Templars Of Canada - J. R. Robertson (1890)

History of the orders of knighthood of the British Empire - N. H. Nicolas (1842)

History, origin and aims of the order of Knights of Pythias with Directory of Hesperian Lodge no. 281, Cleveland, Ohio (1903)

I am the king; being the account of some happenings in the life of Godfrey de Bersac, crusader-knight - S. Stevens (1898)

Illustrated catalogue and price list; Knights of Pythias lodge paraphernalia and costumes for all three ranks - Lilley, M. C., & Co. (1899)

Jerusalem and the crusades - E. Blyth (1913)

Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 - R. Cohen (1920)

Knights of Pythias - C. M. Barton (1880)

Knights of Pythias ceremonies of laying corner-stones and dedicating castle halls (1918)

Knights of Pythias common law and legal text book of the order ... Being an exposition of the principle of Pythian law - J. S. Shropshire (1885)

Knights of Pythias directory and Buffalo street directory and guide - A. J. Kuebler (1894)

Knights of Pythias illustrated - E. A. Cook (1878)

Knights Templar Tactics and Drill (1871)

La règle du Temple (1886)

Malta and its Knights - W. Porter (1871)

Malta, under the Phenicians, Knights, and English - W. Tallack (1861)

Manual of the knights of the Order of the Temple - H. Lucas (1830)

Masonic Knights Templar Statutes (1864)

Memoirs of the crusades - G. de Villehardouin (1908)

Offical digest of the Grand lodge Knights of Pythias of the state of Tennessee - R. White (1885)

Pilgrimage of Mary commandery no. 36, Knights templar of Pennsylvania to the Twenty-ninth triennial conclave of the Grand encampment U.S. at San Francisco - C. Allen (1904)

Proceedings of a convocation of Knights Templar and of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar and the appendant orders of the State of Alabama (1860)

Proceedings of the annual conclave of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar, of the State of Indiana (1918)

Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of North Carolina (1881)

Proceedings of the sixty-seventh annual conclave of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of the State of Indiana, May 11 and 12, 1921, A.O. 803 (1921)

Pythian knighthood, it history and literature - J. R. Carnahan (1888)

Pythian sketches (1903)

Report of the Committee for Relief of Knights Templar and Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite Masons (1872)

Ritual of the Independent Order of Good Templars for Subordinate Lodges (1864)

Secrecy a poem - T. Power (1832)

Secret societies illustrated comprising the so-called secrets of freemasonry, adoptive masonry, revised Oddfelowship, Knights of Pythias, etc. - E. A. Cook (1895)

Sketch of the history of the Knights Templars - J. Burnes (1840)

Statutes of the Imperial, Ecclesiastical, Military and Masonic Order of the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and appendant orders of the Grand Council of the State of Pennsylvania (1872)

Statutes of the Religious and Military Order of the Temple, as Established in Scotland - Templars Scotland (1843)

Story of the crusades - with a magnificent gallery of one hundred full-page engravings by the world-renowned artist, Gustave Doré - J. P. Boyd (1892)

Supreme constitution and supreme statutes of the order of Knights of Pythias (1894)

Synoptical sketch of the illustrious & sovereign order of Knights of hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem - R. Brown (1857)

Tactics and manual for Knights Templars - H. B. Grant (1882)

Tactics and manual from the uniform rank ; Knights of Pythias, containing School of the Knights, division and battalion - J. R. Carnahan (1883)

Talks on Pythianism - S. L. Harris (1901)

Temple Newsam its history and antiquities; comprising an account of the ancient preceptories of Knights Templars there and at Temple Hurst - W. Wheater (1889)

The absolution formula of the templars - H. C. Lea (1893)

The achievements of the Knights of Malta Vols. 1 & 2 - A. Sutherland (1830)

The age of the crusades - J. M. Ludlow (1897)

The betrothed ; tales of the crusaders and The Highland widow; Chronicles of the Canongate - W. Scott (1894)

The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations - B. Burke (1858)

The centennial history of St. John's Commandery, No.4, Knights Templar A.O. 701-801, A.D. 1819-1919 Mason Temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - T. Jackson (1919)

The church of the Knights templars in London, a description of the fabric and its contents, with a short history of the order - G. Worley (1907)

The constitution, code of statutes and supplement of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States, and the statutes and general regulations of the Grand Commandery of California (1884)

The Crusade of Richard I, 1189-92 - T. A. Archer (1912)

The crusaders in the East - a brief history of the wars of Islam with the Latins in Syria during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries - W. B. Stevenson (1907)

The crusaders; or, Scenes, events, and characters, from the times of the crusades - T. Keightley (1859)

The crusades - E. Gibbon (1870)

The Crusades - G. W. Cox (1915)

The crusades and the crusaders - J. G. Edgar (1860)

The crusades; the story of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem - T. A. Archer (1900)

The early history (1803-1859) of the Knights of Malta Lodge, Hinckley, (Leicestershire) - J. T. Thorp (1899)

The English crusaders - J. C. Dansey (1845)

The fall of Constantinople, being the story of the fourth crusade - E. Pears (1886)

The first crusade - A. C. Krey (1921)

The fourth crusade - D. C. Munro (1896)

The Good templars - W. W. Turnbull (1901)

The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar (1864)

The grand priory of the Order of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (1914)

The history and antiquities of the round church at Little Maplestead - W. Wallen (1836)

The history of chivalry and the crusades Vol. 1 - H. Stebbing (1830)

The history of chivalry, or, Knighthood and its times Vols. 1 & 2 - C. Mills (1825)

The history of the crusades Vols. 1 - 3 - J. Michaud (1882)

The history of the Crusades, for the recovery and possession of the Holy Land Vols. 1 & 2 - C. Mills (1821)

The history of the holy, military, sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem; or, Knights Hospitallers, Knights Templars, Knights of Rhoades, Knights of Malta Vols. 1 - 4 - J. Taaffe (1852)

The history of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem - styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta Vols. 1 - 5 - L. de Vertot (1757)

The history of the Knights Templars the temple church, and the temple - C. G. Addison (1842)

The illustrious Order of Hospitalers and Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; Peter Gerard, the founder, and the three great grand masters of the illustrious Order of St. John of Jerusalem - J. Smith (1894)

The Knights hospitallers in England - being the report of prior Philip de Thame to the grand master Elyan de Villanova for A.D. 1338 - J. Kemble (1857)

The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland Vols. 1 & 2 - W. A. Shaw (1906)

The Knights of Malta, or, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem - W. Porter (1884)

The Knights of Pythias complete manual and text book - J. Van Valkenberg (1885)

The Knights of St. John - A. T. Drane (1858)

The Knights of St. John, With Other Mediaeval Institutions and Their Buildings in St. Andrews - D. Henry (1912)

The knights of the cross Vols. 1 & 2 - H. Sienkiewicz (1900)

The Knights Templar in Scotland (article) - A. Coutts (1921)

The Knights Templar; a compilation of the history of the Ottawa Commandery - W. Milligan (1917)

The Knights Templars - C. G. Addison (1854)

The life and letters of Edward Gibbon; with his History of the crusades. Verbatim reprint, with copious index - E. Gibbon (1889)

The life of St. John of God, founder of the order of Hospitallers - J. Girard de Villethierry (1875)

The life of the renowned Peter d'Aubusson, grand master of Rhodes - D. Bouhours (1679)

The martyrdom of Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of the antique order of Knights templars - G. W. Snow (1885)

The Masonic Order Known As The Knights Templar (1812)

The military religious orders of the Middle Ages - the Hospitallers, the Templars, the Teutonic knights, and others - F. Woodhouse (1879)

The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem; being a history of the English Hospitallers of St. John, their rise and progress - W. Bedford (1902)

The orders of chivalry - J. H. Lawrence-Archer (1887)

The Origin Of Freemasonry And Knights Templar - J. Bennett (1907)

The Perfect Ceremonies Of The Masonic Knights Templar - Copy of the Ritual (1876)

The Perfect Ceremonies of the Masonic Knights Templar, Knight of Malta, Mediterranean Pass, etc. (1876)

The prince and the page - a story of the last crusade - C. M. Yonge (1909)

The regulations of the old hospital of the Knights of St. John at Valetta, from a copy printed at Rome, and preserved in the archives of Malta - W. Bedford (1882)

The ritual of the commandery, containing the work, lectures and monitorial of the Orders of Red Cross, Knight Templar and Knight of Malta (1878)

The romance of the last crusade, with Allenby to Jerusalem - V. Gilbert (1923)

The story of Parzival, the templar, retold from Wolfram von Eschenbach (1911)

The Templar's chart, containing all the emblems and hieroglyphics explained in the valiant and magnanimous orders of Knights of the Red Cross; Knights Templars, etc - J. Cross (1821)

The Templars in Cyprus, dramatic poem - F. Werner (1886)

The Templars' trials - J. Morshead (1888)

Which is the oldest commandery of Knights Templar in the United States - E. Schultz (1890)

Winning his spurs - a tale of the crusades - G. A. Henty (1882)

Ye history of ye priory and gate of St. John - B. Foster (1851)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in The Knights Templar, ancient freemasonry and the crusades – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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