Knights Templar cross
Anyone familiar with the history of Christianity knows that the symbol of the cross has been used in a variety of different ways. Even prior …
Category: Knights Templar History
Knights Templar Timeline
This is a work in progress, a brief chronology of the Knights Templar history, mostly based on Sean Martin’s timeline. Visitors who like this page …
Grand Masters of the Knights Templar (a list)
This list of the Grand Masters of the Knights Templar Order follows Malcolm Barber’s dates except in case of Richard de Bures, whose dates are …
Brief History of the Order of the Knights Templar
The following must be formally categorized as a book review by James Burnes that first appeared in “Foreign Quaterly Review” in 1829. The text is quite old, but it is very much relevant. It is also a great deal more eloquent than anything you will find written about the Knights Templar these days! For the sake of convenience, I added section headers.
Geschichte des Tempelherrenordens, nach dem vorhandenen und mehreren bisher unbenutzten Quellen. Von Wilbelm Ferdinand Wilcke. (History of the Order of the Knights Templars, from accessible as well as several hitherto unexplored sources. By W. F. Wilcke.) 2 Baude, 8vo. Leipzig, 1826-27.