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Templars and early banking

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" Medieval banking existed in a moral gray area from the 10th century until well into the 15th century. Before this period, Europe was ...

Easter in the Primitive Templar Rule

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The 77 paragraphs of the original Primitive Rule (1129-1131) hold many details on how the Knights Templars should behave during and between ...

The Council of Troyes (1129) - Templar orthodoxy attained

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" That the Templars were successful in their initial mission is shown by their quick acceptance into the main body of the Church. By ma...

Why did the First Crusade prevail?

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" Most Crusades historians now believe that the First Crusade prevailed because the Arab world was already disintegrating by the late 1...

Templar importance in Spain in the 1130s preceeds their Oriental role

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" Though the nature of Templar activities during the 1120's and 1130's remains obscure, they were clearly successful, despite t...

Templars and Assassins: a matter of mutual hatred

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" The Assassins were a radical group of Shi'ite Muslims who practiced terrorism against their enemies. If a leader, usually Muslim,...

March 18, 1314 - the final stage of the Temple

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" It was the final act of the Templar Trial which would set the stage for the legends that the Templars have survived to this day. On M...

The Templar Order - home and prison to knights and criminals

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  " The initial Latin Rule was public. Later translations and revisions of the Rule were not. During its first translation, in the 114...

The obscure early years of the Knights Templar

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" The first ten years of the Temple were difficult. According to a later chronicler (they were ignored by contemporary chroniclers in P...