The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Jerusalem, or Templars, was a military order founded in c. 1120.
Knights Templar playing chess, 1283
The Battle of Hattin, from a copy of the Passages d’outremer, c.1490
The manuscript illustration (c. 1350) alludes to the accusation of "obscene kisses" at the base of the spine
Jacques de Molay, nineteenth-century color lithograph by Chevauchet
Knights Templar
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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the most important military orders in Weste
History of the Knights Templar
…The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Jerusalem, or Templars, was a military order founded in c. 1120. The Knights Templar were an elite fighting force of their day, highly trained, well-equipped…
A Seal of the Knights Templar
The first headquarters of the Knights Templar, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Crusaders called it "the Temple of Solomon" and from this location derived their name of Templar.
King Baldwin II presiding over a council with the Templars