Dawn of the Order
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Dawn of the Order

English EditionBy Santiago MachainNarrated by Santiago Machain
Length5h 49m

About this audiobook

In the turbulent 11th century, Europe was a continent fractured by feudalism, dominated by fear, and unified solely by a faith that was everything: a refuge, an identity, and a promise of eternal salvation. From that convulsive world emerged one of the most audacious institutional experiments in Western history: the Order of the Knights Templar. Dawn of the Order traces the path leading from the outbreak of the First Crusade—with the legendary cry of 'God wills it' echoing across the fields of Clermont—to the consolidation of a fraternity that challenged all categories of its era. Through its chapters, the reader accompanies terrified pilgrims on the roads of the Holy Land, marches alongside armies decimated by hunger and thirst under the Anatolian sun, and witnesses the exact moment when a handful of anonymous knights presented the King of Jerusalem with an idea that would forever change the relationship between faith and violence: to be, at once, perfect monks and perfect warriors.

Audiobook details

GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 49 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 29, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

11-intro
8C7
2C1
9C8
3C2
10C9
4C3
11C10
5C4
12C11
Show all chapters
6C5
13C12
7C6
14The-End

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