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A unique glimpse of the everyday life of the Knights Templar

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Tony McMahon

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Helen Nicholson talks about her book The Everyday Life of the Templars – a look at how the Templars lived and worked

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Category: Templar History Tags: author, banker, book, Bradford, buried, crusades, everyday, farmer, festival, Helen, hospitaller, knight, Knightfall, knights, life, Literature, medieval, Nicholson, preceptory, secret, Templar, today, wealth

You could own a Templar commanderie

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Tony McMahon

I was contacted today by a real estate agent asking if any of you would be interested in buying a genuine 12th century Templar commanderie in France – the idyllic Dordogne to be exact. Must admit I don’t have the…

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Category: Templar News Tags: Commanderie, commandery, Dordogne, france, knights, preceptory, Templar

Knights Templar farm opens in England

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Tony McMahon

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Saddlescombe is a Templar farm that shows us how the knights made money from farming to finance the crusades

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Category: Templar History Tags: armour, banking, commandery, cow, devil's dyke, estate, farm, farming, history, Knights Templar, Medieval, milk, preceptory, saddlescombe, sheep, wealth

Templars – moneylenders, but wasn’t that a sin?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Tony McMahon

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Looking at how the Knights Templar developed an early banking system where money could be deposited

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Category: Templar History Tags: bank, bankers, banking, banks, bezant, bill, buried, cheque, cheques, coffers, Coin, deposit, gold, livres, loans, loot, missing, money, paris, preceptory, silver, system, Templar, transaction, treasure, wealth