Knights Templar in Britain
Knights Templar in Britain

Author: Evelyn Lord

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 131786641X

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The Knights Templar In Britain examines exactly who became knights, what rituals sustained them, where the power bases were, and how their tentacles spread through the political and economic worlds of Britain before their defeat at the hands of the Inquisition some two hundred years later. Founded in the early twelfth century, the mysterious Knights Templar rose to be the most powerful military order of the Middle Ages. While their campaign in the Middle East and travels are well-known, their huge influence across the British isles remains virtually uncharted. For readers interested in Medieval History.

Land Abandoned to the Sea
Land Abandoned to the Sea

Author: Stuart Oliver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-04-08

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0755602803

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Significant changes are affecting coastlines around the world due to economic pressures and climate change. This book addresses the social, cultural and political context of the process of managed coastal realignment, the strategic abandonment of the coast, as a means of coping with these changes. With a specific focus on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, Stuart Oliver analyses the cultural and social implications of managed retreat and proposes managed realignment as a practical way in which society can rethink itself, addressing the new realities of the environment and a move towards developing a more sustainable relationship with it.