TemplarsNow: Knights Templar sites in Belgium and Luxemburg

In his book on the Knights Templar in the Low Countries *) Jan Hosten lists many sites of (former) commanderies, Templar houses and farms, as well as smaller possessions such as lands or rights in Belgium and Luxemburg. The locations mentioned in the book are summarized on this Google Map.

Traces of the Knights Templar in Belgium and Luxemburg - show a bigger map

*) source Jan Hosten 2006: De tempeliers - de tempelorde tijdens de kruistochten en in de Lage Landen" (in Dutch, translation title: The Knights Templar - the Order of the Temple during the crusades and in the Low Countries); ISBN-13 978-90-430-1061-0; Publ Pearson Education Benelux, Amsterdam

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Templar Key Information

The Rule of St Benedict c. 500 CE, starting point for the rule of the Cistercian Order, which was the monastic mother of the Order of the Knights Templar

Charta Caritatis c. 1119 CE, rule of the Cistercian Order, originally written by Stephan Harding, 3rd abbot of the first Cistercian Abbey at Citeaux, France. The Charter in other languages is to be found here

Primitive Rule of the Knights Templar c. 1129 CE, by Bernard de Clairvaux, abbot of the Cistercian Clairvaux Abbey, France, presented by him at the Council of Troyes, and accepted there after which the Order was officially endorsed by the Church.

In Praise of the New Knighthood c. 1136 CE, by Bernard de Clairvaux, in support of the juvenile Order of the Knights Templar. The complete text of this work (all 13 chapters in French) can be found here

Rule of the Order of St John (Hospitallers) by blessed Raymond de Puy (1120-1160)

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