The Cistercians
Templar History

The Cistercians

Above: The Cistercians built Melrose Abbey:  JeremyA under CC BY-SA 2.5 The Knights Templar are known to history as the warrior monks, but what is not as commonly known is the kinship the Order shared […]

Bernard of Clairvaux - Council of Troyes
Templar History

Bernard of Clairvaux

Above: Bernard of Clairvaux by Alan Butler Born Fontaine de Dijon France 1090 Died Clairvaux, near Troyes, Champagne France August 20th 1153 Bernard of Clairvaux may well represent the most important figure in Templarism. In […]

Hugh de Payens
Templar History

Hugues de Payens – The First Grand Master

In the two centuries of its formal existence, the Order of the Knights Templar served under 23 Grand Masters. Among these notable leaders, Grand Master Jacques de Molay is particularly renowned, alongside the Order’s founder, […]

Knights Templar - Templar Seal - Militi Templi Scotia
Templar History

Who Were The Knights Templar?

Who were the Knights Templar? Within two decades of the victory of the First Crusade (1095-1099), a group of knights led by Hugues (Hugh) de Payens offered themselves to the Patriarch of Jerusalem to serve […]