The Knights Templar - Rise and Fall of the Medieval Order

The Knights Templar - Rise and Fall of the Medieval Order

On Traveling Through History, we take a look at the very powerful religious and military order of the medieval world, the Knights Templar, and its impact on that era as a major player in the Crusades and in European Christian history.  We look at how the order was formed to protect Christians going on their pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, to fight in the Crusades and other major battles and to protect important Christian sites in Europe and the Levant.

The Knights Templar were established in 1119 AD and given papal recognition in 1129 AD.  It was a Catholic medieval military order whose members combined martial prowess with a monastic life to defend Christian holy sites and pilgrims in the Middle East and elsewhere.  The Templars, with headquarters at Jerusalem and then Acre, were an important and elite element of Crusader armies.

Eventually, the Knights Templar became a very powerful body and they came to control both 800 castles and vast lands in the Levant and across Europe.  Accused of heresy, corruption, and performing forbidden practices, the order was attacked by the French king Philip IV (1285-1314) on Friday the 13th October 1307 and then officially disbanded by Pope Clement V (1305-1314) in 1312.

We take a look at a video about the Knights Templar which discusses 15 interesting facts about the ancient order.

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