It’s often claimed that the Knights Templar were the first bankers or financiers so Tony McMahon investigates whether this is actually true
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banking, banks, bullion, buried, cheque, china, Chinese, christian, crown, crusades, deposit, fair, fairs, finance, france, Genoa, gold, henry III, hidden, Islam, islamic, jewels, king, Knightfall, knights, medieval, money, Oleron, paris, Philip, sector, Swiss, switzerland, templars, treasure, Troyes, Venice
The bodies of many famous Kings of England have disappeared over the centuries and never been found again
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Category: Templar History
Tags: angevin, Anjou, bad, Beauclerc, Blois, burial, buried, Conqueror, crusade, crusades, Earth, Edward, Edward I, emperor, england, Follett, Fontevraud Abbey, france, Gloucester Cathedral, good, grave, heart, henry, Henry II, henry III, history, John, Ken, king, Knightfall, Knights Templar, lionheart, location, longshanks, Matilda, Pillars, pillars of the earth, Plantagenet, Protestant Reformation, queen, Richard I, Rufus, saladin, Stephen, tomb, westminster abbey
King Henry III pawned his own crown to the Knights Templar in Paris who acted like pawnbrokers giving the king some ready cash in return
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Category: Templar History
Tags: angevin, cost, crown, De Montfort, england, french, henry III, jewels, John, Medieval, monarchy, money, paris, pawn, pawnbrokers, Plantagenet, state, Templar, templars, war
