
Knights Templar links to the Cathar heresy
There were links between the Knights Templar and the Cathars or Albigensian heresy that might explain why the King of France crushed the Templars
There were links between the Knights Templar and the Cathars or Albigensian heresy that might explain why the King of France crushed the Templars
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