The Knights Templar’s association with Freemasonry is not so much a myth as it was a marketing campaign by 18th-century Freemasons to appeal to the aristocracy. Historian Frank Sanello explained ...

Fables of the Knights Templar are legend, but deep beneath a castle on Cyprus -- an island once owned by the Crusader brotherhood -- lies a legacy historians say still resonates today.

The original Knights Templar was a 12th century Christian military order whose members wearing white mantles with a red cross, became one of the most formidable fighting forces of the Crusades.

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The Vatican has published secret documents about the trial of the Knights Templar, including a long-neglected parchment showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the medieval order of heresy ...

The Knights Templar began in 1120 as a band of modest monks who took up arms to protect pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. "The Knights Templar were conspicuously brave," Griffith-Jones said.

The Knights Templar were formed at the end of the First Crusade to protect Christian pilgrims on route to the Holy Land. The head of the Templar Knights was the Grand Master, based in Jerusalem.