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Rural, urban and trade development in 11th century NW Europe - setting the medieval stage

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"At the beginning of the eleventh century the culture and economy of the West were almost wholly rural. It is true that many of the old...

Building the gothic cathedrals: motor of an industrial and educational revolution

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" Although the Gothic cathedrals were dependent on the availability of finance and the growth of cities, they in their turn produced ...

The real estate agents of the Knights Templar

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When they established themselves in certain Provençal towns, the military orders sought to rely on some urban knights by entrusting them wit...

The stables of King Solomon at Jerusalem

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"They have under their palace stables for their horses built by King Solomon himself in the old days and connected to their palace, a w...

Commemoration of the 709th anniversary of the death of Jacques de Molay

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On March 18, 2023 we commemorate the 709th anniversary of the death of the last official Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Mol...

A new Scottish version of the Templar Rule - fact or fake?

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News on a new version of the Rule, especially one supposed to be written by a Scotsman, deserves some attention. Therefore Templars Now per...

Building Chartres Cathedral - a laboratory with Templates, String, and Geometry

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" The construction of the Gothic cathedrals, such as Chartres, poses a number of questions. As a consequence of their presuppositions ...

Disease in the Near East during crusader times

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"The study of disease in the past, termed paleopathology, can involve the analysis of human skeletal remains, mummies, latrine soil, ar...

Papal bulls on Templar matters

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Between September and November 2022 Diego Wesley Nogueira published a series of three posts in Portugese on the Facebook Group UNIVERSO TEM...
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