Templar hero: Gerard de Ridefort – the life story of a Grand Master in Jerusalem
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Category: Templar History
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Ten things you never knew about the Knights Templar such as running a slave trade and inventing offshore banking
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Category: Templar History
Tags: al aqsa, Ark, conspiracy, covenant, crown, Grail, hattin, holy, horns, jewels, saladin, slavery, slaves, syria, Templar, theories, theory
Tiberias – near to where the Battle of Hattin took place
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Category: Templar History
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The account of the disastrous Battle of Hattin by a crusader called Ernoul gives a grim picture of a clash that ended badly for the Templars
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Category: Templar History
Tags: account, battle, contemporary, Ernoul, hattin, horns, Islam, knights, Medieval, muslim, saladin, saracen, syria, Templar
The aftermath of the Battle of Hattin was the slaughter of Knights Templar who refused to convert and the killing of Raynald de Chatillon
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Category: Templar History
Tags: battle of hattin, Gaza, Guy of Lusignan, hattin, hospitaller, jerusalem, Knight Templar, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval, middle ages, saladin, Templar
The Battle of Hattin was a disaster for the crusaders and the Knights Templar leading to the eventual loss of Jerusalem as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: battle, battle of hattin, chatillon, crusader, hattin, horns, jerusalem, knight, leper, movie, orlando bloom, Ridley, saladin, Scott, Templar, tripoli, war