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The relationship between early Templars and the first Kings of Jerusalem

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How was the relationship between the early Templars and the first kings of Jerusalem?

The Latin Liturgy of Jerusalem: a mixture of old and new, Occidental and Oriental

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" The 12th century liturgy of Jerusalem was immensely important in the newly created socio-cultural and sacral landscape. Unique rites ...

The Templar compound on Temple Mount Jerusalem

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  "Shortly after the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, the Al-Aqsa mosque became the residence of the Frankish kings of Jerusalem. But the...

Jerusalem - Templar purpose and alibi in Bernard's "De laude novae militiae"

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De laude novae militiae , the famous eulogy written by Bernard of Clairvaux during the stay of Hugues de Payns in Europe in 1127 or 1128, co...

Historiography of the Knights Templar - fact and fiction

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  " The historiography of the Knights Templar is long, complex, and generously laced with fiction and legend. It overlaps with the hist...

Natural setbacks for crusaders: plagues, droughts and earthquakes

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During their campaigns, the crusaders faced not only Muslim opponents but also natural misfortunes such as plagues, droughts and earthquakes...

Administration in the early Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

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By the end of 1110, the administrative shape of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine can be discerned. How were secular and religous r...

The Templar headquarters at Jerusalem in Crusader times

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"In 1118 or 1119 king Baldwin II gave the group of proto-Templars a temporary home in his residence in the al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple...

Did the medieval Templars celebrate Christmas?

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Did the medieval Templars celebrate Christmas?