King Philip pressuring Pope Clement V, the Knights Templar were dissolved in 1312 under the pressure of Pope Clement V. A rival order, the Knights Hospitallers, received both the group’s belongings ...
Although the knights were initially opposed by religious authorities, the Catholic Church officially endorsed them in 1129 and prominent abbot Bernard of Clairvaux supported them. Europeans began ...
U nlike the more famous knightly brethren, the Templars, the Knights Hospitallers were (are) an almost unknown organization. Yet, like their fellow knights, the Hospitallers formed during the ...
On 11th September 1930, members of an elusive secret society were arrested by Joseph Stalin's secret police. Could these have been the last of the Russian Templars? Some historians argue this was ...
commonly known as the Templars, whose origins date back to the 12th century. At that time “they were friars, knights, and soldiers, and for 200 years they were the Pope’s sword,” Borderi said.