In the Assassin’s Creed video game franchise, the Knights Templar and the medieval death cult, the assassins, are locked in an eternal life and death struggle. So, in real life, did these two organisations really know each other? Well, during the crusades, they most certainly did. Not only that, the Templars got the better of the assassins, even extorting money out of them.
Dr Steve Tibble and Tony McMahon reveal the incredible history between the Templars and Assassins in the latest episode of the podcast series, Talking Templars. They analyse the origins of the Assassins as an extremist Shi’ite sect. Then take a close look at the inner organisational strengths of the Templars that allowed them get the better of the Assassins.
And how did the Templars get the Assassins to pay them tribute?
DISCOVER: Assassin’s Creed and the Knights Templar
