“Red Monks”
“Red monks” (er menahet ru in Breton, moines rouges in French) is a term particularly used in Brittany (Bretagne) to designate the Knights Templar. Sometimes, …
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“The Last Crusader” by K. F. Lessing
Karl Friedrich Lessing (February 15, 1808 – January 4, 1880), a German historical and landscape painter, was a grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, famous playwright …
Chevalier of Montbran
This somewhat polished story, probably based on local legends, was adapted from Revue des traditions populaires, v. XII, 1897. It can be found, along with …
Legends of Château de Gisors
The castle in the town of Gisors was originally built to protect Normandy from the territorial claims of the French crown. It ceased being a …