History of the Templars

we have done. It is from the clash of
opinions that light springs forth;
it is by setting historians
against one another that we shall en-
deavor to make the truth shine. We
have drawn from the best sour-
ces; we have consulted the au-
thorities most worthy of respect;
we have not even dis-
dained obscure ones when
they appeared to us to be in good faith.

We are not unaware that the
title of "compiler" In the 18th and 19th centuries, a "compiler" was often seen as a mere gatherer of facts rather than an original author; the writer is defending this method of synthesizing various sources as a way to provide clarity. is very little
honored, but without claiming to
liken ourselves to Saint-Foix Germain-François Poullain de Saint-Foix (1698–1776), a French writer and historian famous for his popular and accessible historical essays on Paris.,
we will say that he made this role useful
and honorable. May we,
like him, cast upon history

The vocabulary below corresponds to the key terms highlighted in the original French text.

historians, truth, sources, compiler, Saint-Foix, history