The BBC is broadcasting a new TV series based on The Name of the Rose – a fantastic novel by the late Italian author Umberto Eco. It tells the story of a Franciscan friar, William of Baskerville, who visits an…
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Category: Templar History
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In 1307, arrest warrants were issued for the Knights Templar from the King of France on charges of heresy, sodomy and conspiracy. This led to the trial over a seven year period of many knights including the leaders of the…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Boccaccio, Boniface, burnt, Dante, Divine Comedy, fire, florence, france, Giovanni, guilty, italy, knight, Knightfall, Llull, stake, Templar, templars, trial
Tony McMahon searches for the exact spot where Templar grand master Jacques de Molay was executed in Paris
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 1307, 1314, Île de la Cité, bridge, buried, burning, death, execution, expert, grand master, historian, history, jacques de molay, knight, Knightfall, mcmahon, monument, paris, place, Pont Neuf, site, stake, Templar, today, Tony, trial
Templar expert Tony McMahon examines how loyal and brave the Knights Templar actually were in reality
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Category: Templar History
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The Knights Templar were accused of heresy – one of the worst crimes in the Middle Ages which had dire consequences
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Category: Templar History
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Here is the timeline for the arrest, trial and execution of the Knights Templar from the year 1307 onwards
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 13, 1307, burnt, chinon, Clement, fair, friday, Friday 13th, Grand, Holy Grail, jacques de molay, king, Knightfall, Knights Templar, Master, parchment, Philip IV of France, pope, stake, Templar, trial
