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
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Omne Datum Optimum (Latin for “Every Perfect Gift”) was a Papal Bull that gave full legitimacy to the Knights Templar? So, why was this pronouncement from the Pope so significant to the knights? Omne Datum Optimum – a big turning…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: bernard, immunity, innocent, Knight Templar, knights templar history, money, omne datum optimum, pope, power, riches, Templar, treasure, wealth
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
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
King Philip of France, as depicted in Knightfall, crushed the Templars because he was short of money
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 13th, accusations, booty, debt, fair, friday, jewish, jews, king, knights, La Rochelle, Lombard, loot, merchant, money, Philip, pogrom, Templar, Temple, trial, wealth
How did the Knights Templar make it harder for men like Robin Hood to rob the rich by operating a sophisticated financial system?
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banker, banking, cheques, financial, gold, knight, Knightfall, Medieval, money, rich, Robin Hood, tax, Templar, treasure, wealth
