The Knights Templar

The Knights Templar

A community portal about The Knights Templar with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, popularly known as the Knights Templar, was one of the most famous... [more]

A community portal about The Knights Templar with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, popularly known as the Knights Templar, was one of the most famous of the Christian military orders. It existed for about two centuries in the Middle Ages, created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096 to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed toward Jerusalem after its conquest.

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An overview of the Knights Templar

Written by drcoolj on
Around 1119, nearly two decades after the First Crusade (1095-1099), Hugues de Payens and Godfrey de Saint-Omer, two French noblemen and Crusade veterans, gathered a group of nine knights to create a monastic Order under the approval of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Aiming to protect the Christian pilgrims, who were en route to the Holy Land to visit the temple sanctified to their faith, the nine knights offered to serve as a military force. The King granted the knights a wing in the Al Aqsa Mosque on the southeastern side of the Royal Palace on the Temple Mount, which was then known as ... Read Full Story

The Knights Templar and the Shroud of Turin

Written by adamantius on
The Shroud of Turin A conspiracy theorist couldn’t ask for anything more: evidence that links the Shroud of Turin to the Knights Templar. Readers of this blog will recall that the Vatican released documents a while ago that showed the Templars had actually been exonerated of the charges of heresy that were used as the justification to bring the order down–evidently, in a reversal of today, they had gotten too big and too successful not to fail. Now we have evidence that the disembodied head/idol the Templars were said to worship was actually the image on the Shroud of Turin. Very interesting stuff: Medieval ... Read Full Story

Medieval Portugal IV : Tomar

Written by webitorgal on
K. Lau Tomar stretches along the banks of the Nabao, at the foot of a hill dominated by a fortified castle built in 1160 by Gualdim Pais, first Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templars of Portugal. Though the border between Christian and Moorish territories passed through Tomar, the city had taken more of a Christian characteristic. A note on the Knights and Tomar The Order of the Knights Templar was founded in Jerusalem in 1119, a military force with powerful religious overtones. Tomar was created on land donated by Afonso Henriques in return for the Knights’ help in the Reconquest of ... Read Full Story

The unjust suffering and redemption of the medieval Knights Templar.What are we to learn?

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They have been the fodder of many enchanting, romantic tales,haven't they? Gallant Christian heroes under a sworn oath to provide safe passage for travelers through the Holy Land. They were ordered never to retreat unless the host of the enemy was greater than 3 to 1. While Europe trembled at the notion of Mohammedan conquest,they stood as a bulwark against those whose ultimate aim was to Islamize our race and relegate Christianity to the "extinct religion" category on the game show Jeopardy! The history of Christendom would be incomplete,devoid of recounting their selfless intrepidity during the period referred to in the Middle East as ... Read Full Story

The Knights Templar - Guardians Of The Grail

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The Knights Templar Welcome to The Knights Templar, we talk about pretty much anything, you will have levels and you will rank up. The main idea of this club is to be Knights so you will bring criminals to justice and fight in the Crusades, which will be Role Plays by the way. The Knights Templar protected the Holy Grail so we will do the same except our Holy Grail is YCM, there will be graphic competitions and card competitions too if they are asked for. If you wish to join fill in the form below. More will be added as of completion. Members ... Read Full Story
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