Lost Worlds - S01E01 - Knights Templar

Formato: DVD

Synopse:

(Summary) They defended the Holy Land for 200 years before a fall from grace. Now watch as the archaeologist unearth their city of Tortosa, now in the suburbs of modern day Tartus in Syria.

(Narrator) The Knight’s Templar defended the Holy Land. Their tools were bloodshed and prayer. Founded in the 12th century, these Christian warrior monks were an unbeatable force for nearly 200 years, then they suffered a spectacular fall from grace. Tried for heresy, they were accused of practicing strange rituals, accusers said they spat on the cross, worshiped a severed head and engaged in perverse sexual acts. They were disbanded, their grandmaster was burned at the stake. Ever since their name has carried an air of mystery and romance. Today books like The DaVinci Code embellish the myth of the Templars, claims persist that they guarded the most sacred object in Christendom, the Holy Grail. Behind the legend, we explore the real world of the Knight’s Templar, a world built from stone, 800 years ago they constructed some of the finest fortifications ever known. Today much of what they built is crumbling into the landscape. Now a team of experts is journeying back to their world. Using state of the art computer animation they will reveal for the first time in 8 centuries the lost world of the Knight’s Templar.
Commentators:
Professor Paul Crawford (Templar Expert)
Dr. David Nicolle (Military Expert)
Dr. Helen Nicholson (Templar Expert)
Professor Jonathan Phillips (Medieval Expert)
Father Tim Bugby (Relics Expert)