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
Tags: banking, banks, bullion, buried, cheque, china, Chinese, christian, crown, crusades, deposit, fair, fairs, finance, france, Genoa, gold, henry III, hidden, Islam, islamic, jewels, king, Knightfall, knights, medieval, money, Oleron, paris, Philip, sector, Swiss, switzerland, templars, treasure, Troyes, Venice
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
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Category: Templar History
Tags: abbey, bernard, Burgundy, Champagne, cistercian, Clairvaux, first, Grand, Hugh, jerusalem, knight, Master, Order, paen, pagan, payens, payns, Templar, Troyes
Were the Knights Templar really the guardians of the Holy Grail?
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: al aqsa, Arimathea, Arthur, Arthurian, Boron, buried, catholic, cauldron, Celtic, Chretien, Clement, cup, Hermann, Holy Grail, Holy Land, jerusalem, jesus, Joseph, king, Knightfall, knights, Kyot, Lancelot, legend, Monmouth, paris, Parzival, Percival, Philip, pope, Provence, Solomon, Templar, Thuringia, Toledo, tomar, Troyes, Wagner, Wolfram von Eschenbach
King Philip of France was a liar, bully and spin doctor and he brought all these skills into play when taking down the Knights Templar
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Category: Templar History
Tags: bully, france, Guichard, history, Knight Templar, liar, Philip, Pope Boniface, sodomy, spin doctor, spit, Templar, trial, Troyes
The Knights Templar got a terrible write up from medieval chroniclers like Walter Map and William of Tyre
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Category: Templar History
Tags: America Unearthed, author, bishop, cave, chronicler, Forbidden History, history, Holy Land, Honorius, Knight Templar, lies, Matthew Paris, medieval, middle ages, monk, omne datum optimum, parchment, pope, propaganda, quill, Scott Wolter, scribe, Templar, Troyes, truth, tyre, Walter Map, Wemyss, William, writer
The origins of the Knights Templar are wrapped in mystery. Were they set up by the Priory of Sion or Rex Deus or just a security force protecting pilgrims?
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Acre, bernard, Brown, buried, channel, Clairvaux, code, Cyprus, da vinci, Deus, Grail, history, holy, Honorius, Hugh, jerusalem, king, knight, Knightfall, louis, molay, nine, payens, Philip, pope, priory, priory of sion, quest, Rex, Rex Deus, saladin, sion, Solomon, Templar, Troyes, Wallace-Murphy, zion
Contrary to what many think the Knights Templar did not invent the bank cheque – but they certainly popularised its use
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banking, banks, bills, booty, cheque, financial, gold, knights, loot, money, system, Templar, transit, treasure, Troyes, weight
