Who Were The Knights Templar?

Описание: Of all the medieval military-religious orders, the Templars are by far the most famous. For better or for worse, these warrior-monks have a legacy that has far outlived their dissolution in 1312. But what was the Order of the Temple really all about? In this video, we'll explore the real, historical Templars, discussing their origins, their purpose, their activities, their place in the wider medieval world, and, of course, their rather dramatic end.

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Sources and Recommendations for further reading:
-Barber, Malcolm. The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
-Borchardt, Karl, Karoline Döring, Philippe Josserand, and Helen J. Nicholson, eds. The Templars and Their Sources. (Taylor and Francis, 2016).
-Burgtorf, Jochen, Shlomo Lotan, and Enric Mallorqui-Ruscalleda, eds. The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order. (Routledge, 2017).
-Hitti, Philip K., trans. An Arab-Syrian Gentlemen in the Period of the Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah ibn Munqidh. (Columbia University Press, 1929).
-Housley, Norman, ed. Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights Templar, Presented to Malcolm Barber. (Routledge, 2016).
-Nicholson, Helen J. Myth and Reality: Studies on the Templars and Hospitallers, Medieval Narratives, and the Trial of the Templars. (Routledge, 2026). [This is a compilation of several of Nicholson's publshed articles and chapters. Several of them are also found in the other works listed here]
-Nicholson, Helen J. The Knights Templar. (Arc Humanities Press, 2021).
-Nicholson, Helen J. The Knights Templar: A New History. (Sutton Pub., 2001).
-Riley-Smith, Jonathan. Templars and Hospitallers as Professed Religious in the Holy Land. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010).

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Origins
3:23 - Monks and Knights
7:23 - Being a Templar
13:32 - Activities
21:00 - Templars and the Community
25:13 - The Fall
32:35 - Outro

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Outro music: Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod, CC BY-SA 4.0
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