Knights Templar
Soldiers of Christ
These virtuous knights sprang forth in the twelfth century to protect pilgrims from harm in the Holy Land. The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
In two hundred years they grew from being ‘The poor knights” to an organization rich in land and money, inventing the concept of depositing money at your place of origin and redeeming it in another country. International Credit Banking.
Trusted by kings and Popes alike, they were often in debt to the Knights Templar. Unfortunately, that may have attributed to the cause of their downfall.
The Cleansing of the Convent of Christ Explore the Splendour and Magnificence of the Medieval Castle and Convent of Christ constructed in the 12th. Century.
Beautifully carved both inside and out, it tells of a time when the Knights Templar were the richest and most powerful organization at the time.
Richard the Lionheart was closely associated with the Knights Templar. They were guardians of the Crown Jewels and oversaw the collection
of the Saladin Tax in England.
In the Holy Land, the Templars fought alongside Richard the Lionheart in battles to liberate Jerusalem for Christianity on The Third Crusade.
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Knights Templar
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