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Medieval Treasure discovered at Cluny Abbey

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In a Medievalists.net paper of November 17, 2017 the unearthing of a large treasure at the Abbey of Cluny, France was reported. The precen...

The early years of the Order of the Temple - a timeline

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The first history of the Templar brotherhood is known as the time that occurs between the Synod of Nablus (1120) until the Council of Troyes...

Diversity and multiculturalism in the medieval world - theory and practise

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" The concepts of diversity and multiculturalism seem, in many respects, to be associated with modernity. However, linguistic and relig...

Racial changes in depicting Saracens in the Middle Ages

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" How were Saracens depicted from 1200-1420, and what can this tell modern scholars about the way that western artists and audiences vi...

The great work of Dr Bernadus Theodoor (Ben) Brus - 1917 - 2016

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In The Netherlands only a few researchers focus on the Knights Templar and their presence in the Low Countries. One of them was Dr Ben Brus....

Financing the Crusades - general taxation

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" A "first crude experiment" in compulsory almsgiving, the levy of 1166 begins the history of general taxation for financing ...

People behind the Knights Templar

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Usually the Knights Templar are referred to as if it was a a coherent body. This may have been the case in their later days. But in their ...

Depictions of the Military Orders’ Martyrs in the Holy Land

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" The military religious orders were founded to fight on behalf of their fellow Christians, in defence of pilgrims and Christian territ...

The founding of a Cistercian abbey, a good investment

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The founding of a Cistercian abbey was a comparatively cheap investment, in comparison to other monastic orders. The patrons, while seeking ...