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The Holy Grail , San Greal, Knight Templars

2007-05-09 15:43:54 · 7 answers · asked by paul_007_d 2 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), popularly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple, were the first and among the most famous of the Christian military orders.[2] The organisation, which existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages, was 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.

Officially endorsed by the church in 1129, the Order became a favoured charity across Europe, and grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights, easily recognisable in their white mantle with a distinct red cross, made some of the best equipped, trained, and disciplined fighting units of the Crusades.[3] Non-warrior members of the Order managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating many financial techniques that were an early form of banking,[4] and building numerous fortifications throughout Europe and the Holy Land.

The success of the Templars was tied closely to the success of the Crusades. When the Holy Land was lost and the Templars suffered crushing defeats, support for the Order's existence faltered. Rumours about the Templars' secret initiation ceremony caused mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, began pressuring Pope Clement V to take action. Things came to a head on Friday, October 13, 1307, when King Philip caused many of the Order's members in France to be arrested, tortured into "confessions", and burned at the stake.[5] In 1312, Pope Clement, under further pressure from King Philip, forcibly disbanded the entire Order. The sudden disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure gave rise to speculation and legends, which have kept the name "Templar" alive in modern fiction.

2007-05-09 16:17:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 1

A short excerpt of information I have on the Knights Templar.The
historical Templars themselves, fresh from the Crusades, returning to France, getting rich in the Church market and drawing the wrath of the odious Philip the Fair. There is the famous midnight arrest and the subsequent "trial". There are the usual confessions of heresy and sodomy extracted under torture. Then there is the stake, where most accounts of the Templars end. In Dr. Partner's history of ideas, though, the stake was
just the beginning.

Jacques de Molay and his cohorts did not rest easily in their graves. As the years passed, Templar stories and rumors became grander with each telling. Finally, these illiterate Crusaders from the lowest ranks of the aristocracy emerged as powerful sorcerers who used ancient magical secrets for their own mysterious ends. At least that's what everybody thought. There had been charges of black magic from the start. In the "trial" itself,
the Templars were accused of worshipping an idol called "Baphomet"- a French corruption of "Muhammad" - which they supposedly picked up from the Muslim conquerors of the Holy Land. (Of course, the idea that ANY Muslim would worship an image of Muhammad says more about the parochial mentality of the European Church than anything else.)

2007-05-09 23:20:49 · answer #2 · answered by Terry 7 · 1 1

The Holy Grail - The vessel of life - The womb
Sange Real - Lineage of Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ.
Knights Templar - Protectors of the Truth

Research and learn...

2007-05-10 01:38:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

You shouldn't have much trouble finding lots about these subjects all over the Internet.Like the 1st answer said Wikipedia also try the HistoryChannel.com's on-line encyclopedia. It's actually "Sange Real" since it is French. Good Luck

2007-05-09 22:58:40 · answer #4 · answered by busyintelligentartist 2 · 0 0

watch "Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail"

it'll tell ya!

2007-05-09 22:52:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

One cannot give information about what does not exist.

Although Dan Brown tried.

Anyone who believes Dan Brown isn't very smart.

Pastor Art

2007-05-09 22:49:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_templar

2007-05-09 22:47:55 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 1 1

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