The Templars: History and Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the FreemasonsProfile Books, 2010 M07 9 - 299 pages An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested, accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, and their leaders were burnt at the stake. |
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