Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages
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The downfall of the Templars--The cause thereof--The Grand Master comes to Europe at the request of the pope--He is imprisoned, with all the Templars in France, by command of ki...
12. CHAPTER IV.The patriarch Heraclius quarrels with the king of England--He returns to Palestine without succour--The disappointment and gloomy forebodings of the Templars--They prepare to re...
14. CHAPTER VI.The conquest of Jerusalem by the Carizmians--Rise and progress of the Comans--They are defeated and destroyed by the Templars--The exploits of the Templars in Egypt--King Louis...
13. CHAPTER V.Richard Cœur de Lion joins the Templars before Acre--The city surrenders, and the Templars establish the chief house of their order within it--Cœur de Lion takes up his abode wi...
9. CHAPTER I.The pilgrimages to Jerusalem--Origin of the Templars--Their location in the Temple--Hugh de Payens chosen Master of the Temple--His introduction to the Pope--The assembling of t...
11. CHAPTER III.The Temple at London--The vast possessions of the Templars in England--The territorial divisions of the order--The different preceptories in this country--The privileges conferr...
10. CHAPTER II.Hugh de Payens returns to Palestine--His death--Robert de Craon made Master--The second Crusade--The Templars assume the Red Cross--Lands, manors, and churches granted them in E...
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8. CHAPTER VII.The downfall of the Templars--The cause thereof--The Grand Master comes to Europe at the request of the Pope--He is imprisoned, with all the Templars in France, by command of ki...
3. CHAPTER II.Hugh de Payens returns to Palestine--His death--Robert de Craon made Master--Success of the Infidels--The second Crusade--The Templars assume the Red Cross--Their gallant action...
7. CHAPTER VI.The conquest of Jerusalem by the Carizmians--The slaughter of the Templars, and the death of the Grand Master--Rise and progress of the Comans--They are defeated and destroyed b...
2. CHAPTER I.The pilgrimages to Jerusalem--Origin of the Templars--The dangers to which pilgrims were exposed--The formation of the brotherhood of the poor fellow-soldiers of Jesus Christ to...
6. CHAPTER V.Richard Cœur de Lion joins the Templars before Acre--The city surrenders, and the Templars establish the chief house of their order within it--Cœur de Lion takes up his abode wi...
5. CHAPTER IV.The Patriarch Heraclius quarrels with the king of England--He returns to Palestine without succour--The disappointment and gloomy forebodings of the Templars--They prepare to re...
4. CHAPTER III.The Temple at London--The vast possessions of the Templars in England--The territorial divisions of the order--The different preceptories in this country--The privileges conferr...