The Strasbourg Manuscript and the Swedish Rite’s legend about the Templars’ treasures
This Masonic legend, mostly told in the Swedish Rite lodges, is a curious variation of stories surrounding the final days of Jacques de Molay. The …
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Jacques de Molay was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. After retracting his previous confessions, he was condemned as a relapsed heretic and died at the stake while proclaiming the Order’s innocent and orthodoxy.
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 …
Jacques de Molay’s noble and pious death. March 18, 1314
On March 18, 1314 Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was burnt at the stake in Paris. A medieval poetic …
Geoffroi de Gonneville: confusions and theories
Geoffroi de Gonneville (born c. 1260) was the Knights Templar Preceptor of Aquitaine and Poitou at the time of the infamous arrests. He was imprisoned …