title: The Knights Templar in the Golden Age of Spain: Their Hidden History on the Iberian Peninsula
author: Juan Garca Atienza
description: "A must read for any serious Templar or Templar-Masonic scholar. Atienza is the author of over 30 books on the Middle Ages and one of the leading Spanish authorities on the Templars and related mystery traditions." (<i>Mark Stavish, Institute for Hermetic Studies, June 2006</i>)<br /><br />"[This book] is highly recommended to those who wish to understand more about the Knights Templar and their activities outside France and the Holy Land." (<i>Templar History Magazine, Nov 2006</i>)<br /><br />". . . a masterpiece of metahistory! . . . . in this masterful account of a serious historian aware of the esoteric dimensions in history. Highly recommended!" (<i>The Cauldron Brasil, Feb 2007</i>)<br /><br />"Now, renowned Templar scholar and historian Juan Garcia Atienza has written the definitive book on the Templar's activities in the Iberian Peninsula, exploring the crucial role the Templars played in the <I>Reconquista</I>, the pivotal event that drove the Moors from Spain." (<i>Michael Lohr, Mysteries Magazine, Issue 20, Spring 2008</i>)<br /><br />" . . . one of the best Templar books available today. An excellent and erudite read, with a central focus on Templar history in Spain, you will not find a better tome than this one." (<i>Michael Lohr, Renaissance Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 3, Issue 55</i>)
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  **Origin of the**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Templars**
  
  
  
  
  
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  **and Origin of the**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Vatican’s Power**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Sanford Holst**
  
  
  
  
  
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  By the same author
  
  
  
  
  
  **Sworn in Secret**
  
  
  
  
  
  _Freemasonry and the Knights
  
  
  Templar_
  
  
  
  
  
  **Phoenician
  
  
  Secrets**
  
  
  
  
  
  _Exploring the Ancient
  
  
  Mediterranean_
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 by Sanford Holst
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  
  
  
  
  eBook Edition
  
  
  
  
  
  September 2017
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Contents**
  
  
  
  
  
  [Arise, Sir
  
  
  Knight
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Muslim
  
  
  Conquest of Spain
  
  
  
  
  
  [Charlemagne
  
  
  Conquers, the Pope Rises
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Holy
  
  
  Land and Seeds of War
  
  
  
  
  
  [Spain’s
  
  
  Reconquista and El Cid
  
  
  
  
  
  [The First
  
  
  Crusade and Pope Urban II
  
  
  
  
  
  [On the
  
  
  Road to Jerusalem
  
  
  
  
  
  [Two
  
  
  Remarkable Young Men Named Hugh
  
  
  
  
  
  [Founding
  
  
  of the Templars, and Saint Bernard
  
  
  
  
  
  [Secret
  
  
  Passageways, Secret Powers
  
  
  
  
  
  [Hugh,
  
  
  