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Brief History

Sometime between 1110 and 1120, in the aftermath of the First Crusade, a small group of knights  vowed to devote their lives to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land. They were called the 'Order of the Poor Knights of Christ.' The King of Jerusalem, Baldwin II, granted them the use of a captured mosque built on Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the site of the ancient Temple of Solomon. From this they became known as the Knights Templar. Under the patronage of St. Bernard of Clairvaux the Order received papal sanction and legitimacy. The Knights Templar were granted permission by the pope to wear a distinctive white robe with a red cross. 

Within a hundred years the Order owned land all over Europe and had amassed considerable wealth. Much of the energy of the Templars was devoted to the transfer of men and money from Europe to the east. When they began to transfer funds for non Templars, they laid the roots for eventually becoming the bankers of Europe, but the Order had amassed great wealth and with it power; but it also incurred great jealousy. In the early part of the 14th century, in  circumstances  still disputed today, the Templars were suppressed.

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Contents

Knight Templar Gallery - original artwork

Origins of the Knights Templar

Call for a Holy War

A New Order is Created

 A Secret Objective?

The Templar's Architectural Skills

The Rule of the Knights Templar

A Powerful Champion

Initation Rites

Poverty and Brotherhood

The Role of the Knights Templar

"Come to Death"

The Fall of Acre

The Mystic Connections of the Knights Templar

An Amazing Geometry

The Order

The Grand Masters

The Trial of the Knights Templar

Rumours and Conspiracies

Mass Arrest in France

The Case for the Prosecution

"Spare No Known Means of Torture"

The Papal Bans

Denouement

The Mysteries of the Knights Templar

The Baphomet

Descriptions of the Idol

Theories About the Head

A Feminine Origin?

The Black Virgin

The Legacy of the Knights Templar

Deep into Africa

Portugal: The Knights of Christ

Spain: "Viva la Muerte"

England: The Peasants' Rebellion

Scotland: Bannockburn and The Scots Guard

West to America?

Freres Mažons

The Treasure of the Knights Templar

Prieure de Sion

The Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau

The Secret of the Knights Templar

The Warrior Kings

An Ancient Secret Society

Napoleon Bonaparte

Vichy France

Heroes of the Resistance

De Gaulle's Rise to Power

Appendices

Lundy Island and the Knights Templar

The Knights Templar and the Holy Grail

Knight Templar Shoppe

 

 

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