The most popular Google search terms used when seeking information on the Knights Templar
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Category: Templar History
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Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at whether the knights buried their treasure on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia
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Category: Templar Mystery
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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
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Tony McMahon looks at what fascinates people about the Knights Templar including the bloodline of Jesus and their reputed treasure
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Category: Templar News
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The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Henry II led to a massive pay out to the Knights Templar
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Category: Templar History
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The medieval contemporaries of the Knights Templar who hated the order and criticised them
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Category: Templar History
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The truth about Pope Boniface VIII and his struggle with King Philip of France
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Category: Templar Mystery
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William De Nogaret is a leading character in Knightfall – but who was he in real life?
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Category: Templar Mystery
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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…
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Category: Templar Mystery
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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…
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Category: Templar History
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