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I have read and heard about this historic military order since 4-5 years now. On 13th October, 1307, several hundred Knights from the order were tortured to death.
As known, the order was a major military and political force in its time.
What my question is that how come an order that had fought for Christians in the Crusades for the almost 300 years, suddenly declared heretic, and how did the Templar's fall came about?
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), popularly known as the Knights Templar, was one of the most famous of the Christian military orders. It existed for about two centuries in the Middle Ages, created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096 to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed towards Jerusalem after its conquest.
The Templars were an unusual order in that they were both monks and soldiers, making them in effect some of the earliest "warrior monks" in the Western world. Members of the Order played a key part in many battles of the Crusades, and the Order's infrastructure innovated many financial techniques that could be considered the foundation of modern banking. The Order grew in membership and power throughout Europe, until it was charged with heresy and other crimes by the French Inquisition under the influence of the French King Philip IV (Philip the Fair)and assisted by Pope Clement the V was forcibly disbanded in the early 1300s.
The Templars were an unusual order in that they were both monks and soldiers, making them in effect some of the earliest "warrior monks" in the Western world. Members of the Order played a key part in many battles of the Crusades, and the Order's infrastructure innovated many financial techniques that could be considered the foundation of modern banking. The Order grew in membership and power throughout Europe, until it was charged with heresy and other crimes by the French Inquisition under the influence of the French King Philip IV (Philip the Fair)and assisted by Pope Clement the V was forcibly disbanded in the early 1300s.
I have read and heard about this historic military order since 4-5 years now. On 13th October, 1307, several hundred Knights from the order were tortured to death.
As known, the order was a major military and political force in its time.
What my question is that how come an order that had fought for Christians in the Crusades for the almost 300 years, suddenly declared heretic, and how did the Templar's fall came about?
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