The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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Templar hero: Gualdim Pais
The life story of Gualdim Pais – grand master of the Knight Templar in Portugal
Read MoreTemplar hero: Hugh de Payens
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
Read MoreFriday 13th and the end of the Knights Templar
It’s one of those weeks again when a Friday 13th occurs and our thoughts turn to the Knights Templar. So why is the 13th so significant? On the morning of Friday 13th October 1307, a huge dawn raid saw Templars…
Read MoreHow the Second Crusade was diverted to Portugal
This is an astonishing story from the Middle Ages of how a vast crusader army on the way to the Holy Land was convinced to divert to Portugal and help a small Christian kingdom take a city called Al-Usbuna from…
Read MoreTop Ten Heresies against the Catholic church
The Knights Templar were accused of being heretics by the Catholic church after two centuries of loyal service to…..the Catholic church! But the church had been busy rooting out and slaying heretics for hundreds of years before the Templars were…
Read MoreTemplars – timeline to termination!
Here is the timeline for the arrest, trial and execution of the Knights Templar from the year 1307 onwards
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