It is also London's first bank. The Knights Templar were warrior monks. A religious order, with a theologically inspired hierarchy, mission statement, and code of ethics, but also heavily armed ...

The Knights Templar ... knight and the pious monk. At the time, this made the Templars something of a puzzle. How could someone be both a pious monk and a ferocious warrior?

No, it's not "The Da Vinci Code," but it does share one of the players in the novel: The Knights Templar. The Templars were an order of warrior monks. The order was formed in 1118 to protect ...

In this Grail epic, the Knights Templar were included in the story as the guardians of the Grail. After the order’s sudden fall, these warrior monks became associated with conspiracies and the ...

Cressing Temple was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, the legendary Order of warrior-monks. They were given the Manor of Cressing in 1137; two remarkable barns survive ...

It is also London's first bank. The Knights Templar were warrior monks. A religious order, with a theologically inspired hierarchy, mission statement, and code of ethics, but also heavily armed ...

(The Conversation) — Warrior-monks crusaded for Christianity throughout ... (The Conversation) — The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military order forged in the fires of the Crusades ...