Pope Clement V tried to save the Knights Templar but found himself up against King Philip of France who got his way as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: avignon, Clement, Clement V, escape, gaol, imprisoned, jail, king, King Philip, Kingdom, Kingdom of Heaven, knight, knights, Philip IV of France, Philip the Fair, pope, prison, Templar, templars, trial
There are Templar influences in Game of Thrones if you look closely enough as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: bay, byzantine, Cathar, christian, comparison, constantinople, Dorne, empire, fantasy, game of thrones, george, George R. R. Martin, High Sparrow, history, iconoclasm, iconoclast, J R R Tolkein, king, Kingdom, knight, Knights Templar, Martin, Medieval, middle ages, Night's Watch, Nights, Qarth, queen, Roses, Seville, slaver, Templar, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkein, true, war, Westeros
Templar hero: Gerard de Ridefort – the life story of a Grand Master in Jerusalem
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Category: Templar History
Tags: arn, Baldwin, buried, channel, child, Cresson, de Ridefort, Gerard, hattin, heaven, history, jerusalem, king, Kingdom, knight, Knightfall, leper, Lusignan, mystery, Raymond, Ridefort, Sybilla, Templar, tripoli
The Templar Knight blog has just visited the biblical city of Gadara – part of the Decapolis – and now known as Um Qais to see its Roman ruins
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Category: Templar History
Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient, Ancient Rome, basalt, byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Decapolis, Gadara, Galilee, jesus, jordan, Kingdom, middle east, roman, rome, Saudi Arabia, syria, Templar, Um Qais
A look back at how the Knights Templar delivered a stunning victory at the battle of Montgisard
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Baldwin, crusade, crusader, Dungeon, heaven, Islam, jerusalem, king, Kingdom, leper, miracle, Montgisard, muslim, orlando bloom, saladin, Templar, victory
