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Geo-politics in 11th and 12th century Francia

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For the purpose of TemplarsNow the medieval geo-political landscape of what is now France is important. The County of Champagne, especially ...

Templars in Switzerland - then and now

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As we have argued in an earlier post , certain historians and conspiracists alike suggest that the Knights Templar did in fact form Switzerl...

Templar locations in France pinpointed

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TemplarsNow runs a project which pinpoints the geographical location of Templar sites in France. TemplarsNow has earlier done a similar job...

920th Anniversary First Crusade Siege of Jerusalem

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The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099, during the First Crusade. This successful siege saw the Crusaders take Jerus...

Reliable books on the Crusades

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TemplarsNow is always looking to identify, promote and (re)distribute sources of reliable information on the Knights Templar and their ...

The subsurface of Temple Mount, Jerusalem

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The subterranean part of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem contains a lot of acheological information mirroring its intensive use during many ce...

The fall of Muslim Jerusalem to the Muslims 1098

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In the Crusader story, a strange event just prior to the conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusader army in July 1099, seems to be scarcely menti...

Making the Crusades possible - craft, trade and organisation

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The agricultural revolution described in an earlier blog resulted in a change in the land use that allowed the subsistence farmer to go with...

Genetic Admixture from the Crusaders in the Near East

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"During the medieval period, hundreds of thousands of Europeans migrated to the Near East to take part in the Crusades, and many of the...