A History & Mythos of the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar were the best-known of the Military Orders that existed during the crusades. Formed somewhere between the years of 1118 and 1120 AD, the Templars went on to amass a great wealth in terms of land, revenue and manpower. This wealth was built through a combination of special privileges and the ingenuity and back-breaking efforts of the Order itself. The Templars thrived for nearly two centuries, until the year 1307, when the Knights Templar or France were arrested by that country's monarch. Over the next five years, the imprisoned knights, sergeants and serving members were put to torture to extract confessions. Finally, the Templars were dissolved by the papal bull vox in excelso, written by Pope Clement V. The past seven centuries have seen the story of the Templars develop an elaborate mythos. The purpose of this web site, began in 1997, is to help sort the fact from the fiction about the Knights Templar, as well as explain the many modern groups who have taken their name. Popular Articles On The Templars
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In Nobly Born, author Stephen Dafoe presents the fascinating story of the Knights Templar in pictures and prose as he examines not only the history of the Knights Templar, but the history of the world in which they operated. It was a world where political and personal interests often overshadowed the greater mission of the crusades - a world in which yesterday's enemy could become today's ally. Watch The Video Promo
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