THE FALL OF THE TEMPLARS AND TEUTONIC KNIGHTS
After the dramatic fragmentation of the Roman Empire and the tumultuous events of the Early Middle Ages (c. 400-1000), Europe stabilized...
Faciens Misericordiam
By means of the papal bull Faciens Misericordiam issued August 8, 1308, Pope Clement V voided all of the French Inquisition’s previous...
Knights Templar’s Important Castles And Churches
The Knights Templar beside being a huge army and respectable force in medieval times had many castles throughout Europe and the Holy...
Vox in Excelso The Papal Bull of Clement V Disbanding the Templars (written in 1312)
INTRODUCTION The general council of Vienne was summoned by pope Clement V with the bull Regnans in caelis, which he had written on 12...
Omne Datum Optimum
The Bull Omne Datum Optimum, issued by Pope Innocent II in 1139 indicated the official approval of the Order by the Holy See. It granted...
Jacques de Molay
The absence of correct archives prevents the exact establishment of the places and date of birth of Jacques de Molay. Nevertheless,...
In Praise of the New Knighthood
The Liber ad milites templi de laude novae militiae (Latin for Book to the Knights of the Temple, in praise of the new knighthood) was a...
Investigation on the Templars Carried Out by the Fathers Commissioned by Pope Clement V in the Town
In the name of the Lord, amen. We, Berengar, by the mercy of God cardinal presbyter of SS. Nereus and Achileus, and Stephanus, cardinal...
The Order of the Temple - Yesterday and Today
CHIVALRIC ORDERS: AN OVERVIEW In the modern world of today, there exists an anomaly of the ancient historic past: Chivalric Orders,...
The Popes and the Templars
Pope Honorius II (9 February 1060 – 13 February 1130), born Lamberto Scannabecchi, was Pope from 21 December 1124 to his death in 1130....
