Posted on by Tony McMahon
The medieval contemporaries of the Knights Templar who hated the order and criticised them
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Posted on by Tony McMahon
The Knights Templar got a terrible write up from medieval chroniclers like Walter Map and William of Tyre
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Posted on by Tony McMahon
Much of what we read about the Knights Templar has come from voices since the Order was suppressed in 1307 and there’s a mixture of valid and truthful observations mixed up with complete hokum. So – what did folks at…
Read MoreCategory: Templar History Tags: Benedictine, bernard, betrayal, brotherhood, Chronicle, chronicler, cistercian, crusades, damned, Dominican, jerusalem, John of Salisbury, knights, Matthew Paris, medieval, praise, Templar, templars, treason, trial, Walter Map, William of Tyre
