Jacques de Molay
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Jacques de Molay, also spelled "Molai", was the 23rd and last grand master of the Knights Templar, leading the order sometime before 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in
Jacquesde Molay
Ordination of Jacques de Molay in 1265 as a Knight Templar, at the Beaune commandery. Painting by Marius Granet (1777–1849).
Chapel of the Beaune commandery, where Jacques de Molay was ordained.
Ghazan, the Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate, sought a Franco-Mongol alliance with the Crusaders against the Egyptian Mamluks, but was never able to successfully coordinate military actions
Death by burning
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Death by burning, also called immolation, is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and
Jacques de Molay
…and many other French Templars arrested in 1307 and tortured into making false confessions. When Molay later retracted his confession, Philip had him burned upon a scaffold on an island in the River Seine in March, 1314. Both the sudden end of the centuries-old order of Templars and the dramatic execution of its last leader…
An 1892 painting showing the 1682 burning of Old Believer leader Avvakum and others in Pustozersk, Russia
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An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man. Engraving from A Tour in Wales written by Thomas Pennant