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Hi guys, I have just come across a short YouTube video that some of you might find interesting. A historian explains the differences between the Templars and the Crusaders in the Middle Ages. While walking the Camino, and having read Paulo Coelho's book, I was intrigued to find out about the Templars. A part of that fierceness probably came from religious devotion, which allowed them to see breaking their vows as a fate worse than death.
The Rule of the Knights Templar called for them to never retreat, surrender, or charge without being ordered to do so—excellent features for any army that needs to remain disciplined.
While they were known for their piety and their readiness to fight for the spread of Christianity, the Knights Templar sometimes counseled their fellow Crusaders against rash action. European Christians reaching Jerusalem for the first time often wanted to do battle with Muslims as quickly as possible.
They just wanted to build up bigger armies so that they could effectively crush the Muslim forces. While they were individually sworn to poverty, the Order as a whole became astonishingly wealthy.
The Templars collected donations from all over Europe. Kings and queens gave them huge estates—Alfonso I of Aragon left them a third of his kingdom in his will. Regular people also made donations in their wills, leaving the Order small plots of land that added up. The knights ended up owning castles, farms, and a whole fleet of ships, as well as the entire island of Cyprus. They used them to generate more wealth, trading crops, wool, and wine across Europe and renting land to tenants.
The initial purpose of the Knights Templar was to guard pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem, so they were well aware of the danger that robbers posed on the long journey.
So they set up a system to help. Travelers could deposit cash at Temple Church in London and receive a letter of credit that they could redeem in Jerusalem. They also provided many other financial services for monarchs and elites.
In the s, they received the English Crown Jewels as security on a loan. And when King Henry III wanted to buy the island of Oleron, the Order not only brokered the deal but also collected installment payments from the king.
The French Treasury also used the Templars as a sort of subcontractor for many of its functions. Some scholars believe the Knights Templar helped import Muslim ideas that transformed Western legal and educational systems. For example, the Inns of Court in London, legal institutions formed in the medieval period with ties to the Templars, have some striking similarities to madrassas built around mosques, where Sunni scholars debated the law.
This connection could help explain why English common law differs from Roman systems in significant ways. The system of maintaining colleges through a perpetual endowment may also owe its origins to Muslim models observed by the Knights Templar. The waqf, a legal device in Islamic law, similarly helped scholars maintain their independence in the medieval Middle East. The group developed a reputation as fierce fighters during the Crusades, driven by religious fervor and forbidden from retreating unless significantly outnumbered.
The Templars built numerous castles and fought — and often won — battles against Islamic armies. Their fearless style of fighting became a model for other military orders. In the late 12th century, Muslim armies retook Jerusalem and turned the tide of the Crusades, forcing the Knights Templar to relocate several times.
The Fall of Acre in marked the destruction of the last remaining Crusader refuge in the Holy Land. European support of the military campaigns in the Holy Land began to erode over the decades that followed. By , the Knights Templar lost its foothold in the Muslim world and established a base of operations in Paris.
There, King Philip IV of France resolved to bring down the order, perhaps because the Templars had denied the indebted ruler additional loans. Many of the knights were brutally tortured until they confessed to false charges , which included heresy, homosexuality, financial corruption, devil-worshipping, fraud, spitting on the cross and more.
A few years later, dozens of Templars were burned at the stake in Paris for their confessions. De Molay was executed in The Catholic Church has acknowledged that the persecution of the Knights Templar was unjustified. The church claims that Pope Clement was pressured by secular rulers to destroy the order.
While most historians agree that the Knights Templar fully disbanded years ago, there are some people who believe the order went underground and remains in existence in some form to this day. Currently, there are several international organizations styled after the Knights Templar that the public can join. These groups have representatives around the world and aim to uphold the values and traditions of the original medieval order.
More recently, stories about the legendary Templars have found their way into popular books and movies. The popular novel and film The Da Vinci Code presents a theory that the Templars were involved in a conspiracy to preserve the bloodline of Jesus Christ. Who were the Knights Templar? Templar History: TemplarHistory. The Knights Templar: Slate. The Knights Templars: New Advent. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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