The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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How the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum
The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Henry II led to a massive pay out to the Knights Templar
Read MoreThe medieval chroniclers who hated the Knights Templar
The medieval contemporaries of the Knights Templar who hated the order and criticised them
Read MoreKNIGHTFALL character profile: Pope Boniface VIII
The truth about Pope Boniface VIII and his struggle with King Philip of France
Read MoreKNIGHTFALL character profile: William De Nogaret
William De Nogaret is a leading character in Knightfall – but who was he in real life?
Read MoreWhere did all the Templar treasure disappear to?
It’s vexed many down the ages. The Templars were warriors, monks and medieval bankers. They ran a financial system through their preceptories that spanned Europe and funded their crusades in the Holy Land and Al-Andalus (modern Spain and Portugal). Kings…
Read MoreThe Knights Templar and money lending
The Knights Templar were warriors, monks, farmers, royal advisers and bankers all rolled into one. Whether they sat on fabled mountains of gold – it was certainly widely believed (particularly by certain monarchs) that they did – they certainly lent…
Read MoreThe Templars, the Jews and blood libel
In the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a number of children were alleged to have been murdered by the Jewish community in various towns in Europe. These accusations were certainly false and designed primarily to enable the seizure of the…
Read MoreTemplars – moneylenders, but wasn’t that a sin?
The Knights Templar weren’t just warriors, monks, farmers and politicians but also international bankers. Not to anything like the sophisticated standards of today’s bankers but by the standard of the time, the Templars were at the apex of medieval high…
Read MoreWhen England’s Crown Jewels were moved to Paris
The early Plantagenat kings of England, Normandy and Anjou had very cordial relations with the Order of the Temple. Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and (bad) King John made use of their military support in the crusades…
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