Why the Chinon Parchment found in the secret Vatican archives does not exonerate the Knights Templar from the charge of heresy
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Category: Templar History
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The medieval contemporaries of the Knights Templar who hated the order and criticised them
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Category: Templar History
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Helen Nicholson talks about her book The Everyday Life of the Templars – a look at how the Templars lived and worked
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Category: Templar History
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The life story of Gualdim Pais – grand master of the Knight Templar in Portugal
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Templar hero: Gerard de Ridefort – the life story of a Grand Master in Jerusalem
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Who was André de Montbard – fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar?
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Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
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Christmas. What’s not to like? The decorations, pudding, cake, fir tree decked with lights, Santa Claus and his little elves. Now imagine a Christmas without any of these things. Then you’re getting closer to Yuletide at the time of the…
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Category: Templar History
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The horror of leprosy in the Middle Ages
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Category: Templar History
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Since their downfall, opinions on the guilt of the Knights Templar have been bitterly divided. Right down to our own time, experts have quarrelled over whether the charges against the Order were true or trumped up lies. So let’s look…
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