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Chargement... Les templiers et le suaire du Christpar Barbara Frale
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is mostly a history of the hidden years of the Shroud of Turin. It is more history of the Knights Templars and their taking care of the shroud. It does not try to answer the veracity of the shroud, but to lay out the various types of research and theorizing on the shroud. A little too detailed for me, but a good book. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
This book tracks the Knights Templar from their inception as warrior-monks protecting religious pilgrims, to the later fascination with their secret rituals and incredible wealth, which ultimately led to their dissolution and the seizing of their assets. For a certain period, the Templars--the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages--secretly guarded the Shroud of Turin. Known in its intimate nature by only a handful of the order's officials, the swathe of fabric was kept in the central treasury of the Knights Templar. The precious cloth's history and whereabouts were known only to the highest dignitaries of the secretive order. In an era of widespread doctrinal confusion in much of the Church, the Templars considered the Shroud to be a powerful antidote against the proliferation of heresies. Following the Shroud's pathway through the Middle Ages, Vatican historian Barbara Frale provides a new perspective on the controversial relic.--From publisher description. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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![]() GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)232.96Religions Christian doctrinal theology Christ; Christology Family and life of Jesus Passion and death of JesusClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:![]()
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Frale makes a pretty good case, though it is a bit difficult to follow and roundabout. Frale is definitely not a popular history writer, like Ian Wilson, but she is a thorough scholar, so the book drags from time to time. But, diligent readers and researchers will benefit from careful study of the thesis. Frale is not as good as others (Wesselow, for instance, more recently, or Wilson, for instance) in showing that the Shroud is an authentic, first century artifact, but she does so competently enough. The meat of this book is to show that, indeed, the Templars had something that was probably the Shroud, that they got it (through many hands) from Constantinople (i.e., it was the Mandylion), and that when the Shroud appeared in the mid-1300s in France, it was in the hands of Templar-related families.
Again, Frale's writing is not the smoothest, nor is the translation, but it is a fine addition to the story of the Shroud of Turin. Kudos for proper footnotes for citations. It has a nice bibliography (lots of books in Frale's native Italian, which opens up whole new scholarly vistas for English-speaking enthusiasts of the Shroud). It has a serviceable index. A few pictures, but could use quite a number more (nota bene, the paperback edition has color plates yet the hardcover edition has black-and-white images, which makes no sense). For instance, the Templecombe face of Christ, which is a very Shroud/Mandylion-looking face found in a Templar church, is mentioned several times in the text, but no image of it appears in the book.
Still, a fine addition to the story of the Shroud of Turin, connecting Constantinople in 1204 to France in the mid-1300s via the Knights Templar. (