http://blog.templarhistory.com A History and Mythos of the Knights Templar - Online since 1997 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-%e2%80%93-part-3/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-%e2%80%93-part-3/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:11:47 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=679 Part Three: The Curse of Jacques de Molay By Stephen Dafoe The following article was originally written for Knight Templar Magazine, the official publication of the Grand Encampment of knights Templar (USA) In August of 1308, Pope Clement V had issued a papal bull calling for a general church council to be held at Vienne in October of 1310. The purpose of the council was to try the matter of the heinous charges levelled against the Templars by King Philip IV of France.]]> http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-%e2%80%93-part-3/feed/ 2 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-part-2/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-part-2/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:50:56 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=668 Part Two: Revenge Destroys Everything By Stephen Dafoe They spit on the Holy Cross, these Knights Templar. Not only do they deny the divinity of Christ during their reception, they do not even worship God Almighty, but a graven idol instead. These accusations, well known to many Templars, were the words of a renegade member of the Order named Esquin de Floryan, who – according to some accounts - had been imprisoned and subsequently made his claims known to his fellow inmates out of revenge.]]> http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-part-2/feed/ 3 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-part-1/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-part-1/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:52:04 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=663 By Stephen Dafoe On 28 May, 1291 the Templars relinquished their fortified compound to the Mamlukes who had been besieging the port city of Acre for the past six weeks. The Mamlukes had actually breached the city walls ten days earlier, but the Templars were the last to leave the field, a situation that was a long-standing tradition with the Order. The loss of Acre was not merely another crusader defeat, for the port had been home to the Templars and Hospitallers for nearly a century; having been captured by Richard the Lionheart on 12 July, 1191. ]]> http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/08/brethren-persecuted-part-1/feed/ 2 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-first-templar-trailer/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-first-templar-trailer/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:34:33 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=646 The First Templar. ]]> http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-first-templar-trailer/feed/ 0 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-siege-of-ascalon/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-siege-of-ascalon/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:20:42 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=642 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-siege-of-ascalon/feed/ 2 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/to-catch-a-tudor-by-smallgrand/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/to-catch-a-tudor-by-smallgrand/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:08:21 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=638 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/to-catch-a-tudor-by-smallgrand/feed/ 0 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/chivalry-for-children-program/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/chivalry-for-children-program/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:58:49 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=629 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/chivalry-for-children-program/feed/ 4 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/boom-studios-releases-hawks-of-outremer/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/boom-studios-releases-hawks-of-outremer/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:54:58 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=623 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/boom-studios-releases-hawks-of-outremer/feed/ 0 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-invisible-history-of-the-rosicrucians/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-invisible-history-of-the-rosicrucians/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:34:00 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=615 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-invisible-history-of-the-rosicrucians/feed/ 0 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-battle-of-the-springs-of-cresson/ http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-battle-of-the-springs-of-cresson/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:04:28 +0000 admin http://blog.templarhistory.com/?p=565 http://blog.templarhistory.com/2010/06/the-battle-of-the-springs-of-cresson/feed/ 3