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A Portuguese queen and the Templars
The role of Teresa of Portugal in introducing the Knights Templar to the young kingdom and granting them castles and lands
Read MoreTemplars, Indiana Jones and Petra
As you will recall from the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade the Nazi baddy is asked by an ancient Templar knight in the closing scene to choose what he believes is the Holy Grail in order to have…
Read MoreMysterious tunnels under Templar castle
Kerak is the crusader castle in modern day Jordan from which the notoriously cruel crusader Raynald of Chatillon used to throw people off the battlements. A great limestone hulk built on a ridge and protected by steep valleys, it’s riddled…
Read MoreTemplars put on trial in the Tower of London
In 1307, the leaders of the Knights Templar were rounded up and arrested in France. Over the next five years, the wave of suppression spread across Europe and England was no exception. There’s an impressive list of Templars who were…
Read MoreWho was Jacques de Molay – last Templar Grand Master?
Everybody knows that Friday the 13th is unlucky because it was the day that Jacques de Molay and the last Knights Templar were rounded up and imprisoned by King Philip of France. De Molay would eventually be burnt to death…
Read MoreInterview with the Ancient and Noble Order of The Knights Templar
I’m very pleased to have reached out to The Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights Templar and they have kindly responded with some very helpful details on their aims and objectives. The Order has recently held its General Meeting…
Read MoreThe Knights Templar today – who and where are they?
These are the organisations that claim to be the Knights Templar today
Read MoreTemplar expert Dr Evelyn Lord talks to The Templar Knight blog!
I’m often asked if I can recommend any books that describe what the Templars were really all about – and I won’t hesitate to point you in the direction of the works of Dr Evelyn Lord…who has very kindly shared…
Read MoreTemplar massacre at Jacob’s Ford in Syria
As the name suggests – Jacob’s Ford was a crossing point in the Holy Land where the river Jordan could be traversed. It was a hundred miles from Jerusalem where the leper king Baldwin IV ruled and felt somewhat emboldened…
Read MoreShriners – the fez wearing Freemasons
I’ve always associated the Shriners with Laurel and Hardy in the movie where they have to go to a convention and they’re both wearing a fez. That might have been a Shriner convention because that’s the required headwear for this…
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