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 ...
The accepted narrative describes the Knights Templar as humble warrior monks protecting Christians on the road to Jerusalem. The Knights were later betrayed and, ultimately, destroyed. But there ...
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 ...