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Knights Templar, the Poor Fellow - Soldiers of Chr*st and of the Temple of Solomon, was maybe the most famous of the Christian military orders. It was created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096. Armed with daggers, swords and shields, members of the Order played a key part in many battles of the Crusades. This was possible because they were both monks and soldiers, making them one of the earliest warrior monks in the Western world. The Order's infrastructure innovated many techniques that are the foundation of modern banking. Being almost millennium ahead of their time the Order gained wealth and power throughout Europe during two centuries in the Middle Ages. In 1307 King Philip IV of France had French Knights Templars arrested and burned at the stake. The speed of their disappearance has led to several Knights Templar legends.

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Rosslyn Chapel Revealed by Michael T.R.B.Turnbull
If nothing else the hysteria attaching itself to The Da Vinci Code has brought one of Scotland's most special places to international prominence. Michael Turnbull has produced a book that restores the religious history of Rosslyn through its various inflections. He summarises the credulity of those who insist on seeing Rosslyn as an alternative culture loadstar after previously detailing 800 years plus of local history, and so that the reader is left wondering why there is any need for conspiracy theory. Michael Turnbull's tale is a nuanced historical one that explains the pre-Reformation function of Rosslyn chapel's design and decoration. | by Gerard Carruthers :: 2007-12-29 |

Did Da Vinci hide Old Testament god Jahveh's face in painting?
A new storm is brewing in the world of Da Vinci theorists after "The Mirror of the Sacred Scriptures and Paintings World Foundation" -group claimed it has used mirrors to reveal hidden images in some of Da Vinci's most famous works. In recent years art history scholars have uncovered Templar knights, Mary Magdalene, a child and a musical script hidden in the Italian's paintings. Da Vinci, 1452-1519, often wrote in mirror writing, either to stop his rivals stealing his ideas or to hide his scientific theories, often deemed as revolutionary by Roman Catholic Church. The Virgin and Child sketch supposedly can be manipulated with mirrors to show the ancient Old Testament god Jahveh. | by telegraph :: 2007-12-07 |

Interview with Barbara Frale, who rediscovered the Chinon parchment
The story has it all: Vatican intrigue, medieval castles, secret knights, and royal conspiracies. But it is not fiction. Over 5 meters of recovered parchments reveal the account of one of the most important trials of the Middle Ages: The Processus Contra Templarios ("Trial Against the Templars"). The Knights Templar was dissolved following charges of heresy in 1314. This book reveals the order's innocence. The parchment is the transcript of the hearings at Chinon in August 1308. Barbara Frale, the archives official who rediscovered the Chinon parchment after over 10 years of research in the Vatican Secret Archives, spoke about her find and about the crusading order. | by discovery :: 2007-10-31 |

The Rosslyn Motet - The Chapel's Musical Cubes
In 2005 Tommy and Stuart Mitchell claimed to have "found a secret piece of music hidden in carvings at Rosslyn Chapel." I immediately posted a lengthy list of cautions about the claims put forth in the article to the Sinclair Discussion Group. ... At one end of Rosslyn Chapel is an area known as the "Lady Chapel," the ceiling of which is supported by arched ribs. From these ribs hang what have become known as the "Rosslyn Cubes," and among the 213 existing cubes (2 are missing) can be found 13 uniquely different carved patterns. However, the story of the Rosslyn Cubes did not begin with the Mitchells... | by mythomorph :: 2007-10-31 |

$8,375 for a replica of the minutes of the Knights of Templar trials
The reality of the saga of the Knights Templar is nearly as amazing as the myths that embellish it. The Vatican adds another chapter when it publishes a 699-year-old papal report on the medieval holy warriors. Vatican publisher Scrinium will offer 799 copies (the 800th will go to the Pope), at $8,375 apiece, of a 1308 parchment titled Processus Contra Templarios (Trial Against the Templars), which chronicles the order's sordid endgame: the accusations of heresy, the Templars' defense, and Pope Clement V's absolution of the order, before he eliminated it. | by time :: 2007-10-26 |

British Knights Templars call on Pope to apologise
A British order of Templars that claims direct descent from the Knights Templar is calling on the Pope to apologise after ancient Vatican document shows that the knights were absolved of crimes laid against them 7 centuries ago. The charges led to the disbanding of the order and Grand Master Jacques de Molay was burnt at the stake. One of the documents, the Chinon Parchment, shows that in the early 14th century, Pope Clement V's investigation of the order absolved the knights of the heresy charges. Ben Acheson, a member of a Templar order in Hertford, said publication of the documents is a "turning point" but called for Pope Benedict XVI to apologise formally. | by timesonline :: 2007-10-18 |

After 700 years, Vatican comes clean on history's good knights
700 years ago one of history's most brutal abuses of power gave the world the term Black Friday, the superstition about Friday the 13th, and a fund of conspiracy theories. The event was the arrest, torture and execution of the Knights Templar - Friday, October 13, 1307 - so Philip the Fair, King of France, could expropriate their wealth. The king bullied a weak Pope Clement V into suppressing the order on spurious grounds. On Oct 25, the Vatican will publish a book (Only 799 copies will be produced) about the suppression, containing unpublished accounts of the hearings. The last grandmaster Jacques de Molay was burned at the stake in 1314. | by theage :: 2007-10-15 |

Ian Sinclair - Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars
For more than 200 years, the Knights Templars were powerful beyond the scope of most kings. With legendary fighting abilities and public discretions, they may have secured the most sought after treasures in history, according to Ian Sinclair, Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars. Oct. 4, he spoke about the mysteries surrounding the Knights Templars, the Sinclair family and Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. His ancestors began building Rosslyn Chapel in 1446, after a fire devastated Roslin Castle. Several caskets of documents and other treasures were allegedly spared from the fire, and buried in the crypt 40 feet below Rosslyn Chapel's foundation. | by redrocknews :: 2007-10-11 |

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