The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military order ... the order fused two defining institutions of the early Middle Ages: the mounted knight and the pious monk. At the time, this made ...

The Vatican's recent decision to release documents on the persecution of the Knights Templar in the 14th Century has piqued interest in the mysterious order. But what are the latter-day Templars up to ...

Though their order was dissolved more than 700 years ago, the Knights Templar have continued ... the most militant Christian groups of the Middle Ages, the centrality of martyrdom being high ...

The reality of the saga of the Knights Templar is almost as amazing ... although for 150 years in the high Middle Ages, their order was incontestably one of the most powerful and creative military ...

this whole area was once the stronghold of the Knights Templar. The medieval order, known for their role in the Crusades and as one of the Middle Ages’ most powerful and wealthy religious orders ...

Knightfall, the new television series from the History Channel, chronicles the fall of the Knights Templar ... which people in the Middle Ages would have recognized as such: The Holy Grail ...

Though we may never know if this holy relic ever existed, one tantalizing theory holds that it lies hidden beneath the foundations of a remote chapel built by the Knights Templar in western Poland.

The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military order forged in ... In service of this mission, the order fused two defining institutions of the early Middle Ages: the mounted knight and the pious ...

Did this seal symbolize the order's poverty, homosexuality or companionship with Christ? Hinterkappelen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA ...