Well‑trained, heavily‑armored knights trampled through enemy forces, maiming, killing—and altering the course of history.
Who are the Knights Templar? A look at many groups
Traveler’s Checks History of Tourism:The unified Temple Church, between Fleet Street and the River Thames, was consecrated in 1185 as the London home of members of theOrder of the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon.Also known as theKnights Templar. TheKnights Templarwere wa...
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history of courage, treachery, ambition, and deception, Dan Jones resurrects the unruly royal dynasty that preceded the Tudors. They produced England’s best and worst kings: Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice a queen and the most famous woman in Christendom; their son Richard...
Baphomet is an enigmatic, goat-headed figure found in several instance in the history of occultism. From the Knights Templar of the Middle-Ages and the Freemasons of the 19th century to modern currents of occultism, Baphomet never fails to create controv
In 1809, he opposed Henry Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted in a duel in which both men were wounded. Author of the first history of Kentucky, published in 1812. Slaveowner. Died near Lexington, ...
The History series' epic second season came to a close on Monday night, with Landry (Tom Cullen) and the Knights Templar able to escape being burned alive at the hands of King Philip (Ed Stoppard). That's not to say all of them actually survived, however -- or ...
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF POTTER COUNTYIn the early 1800's there came to the area now called Potter County the first permanent settlers believed ever to have inhabited this area. To the unbroken forests of pine and hemlock and cherry, men brought their axe and sawmill, their flocks...