World History
The Knights Templar are one of the most famous (infamous?) of Medieval organizations. They protected the Holy lands for Christianity for centuries. Their success was tied closely to the Crusades and when the Crusaders lost the Holy Land, support for the Knights faded. In 1312, Pope Clement disbanded the order under charges of witchcraft. Hundreds of Knights were executed.
It looks like the Knights Templar were innocent. The Associated Press has a story titled Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers by Frances D'Emelio. The article notes, "Ignored for centuries, documents about the heresy trial of the ancient Christian order discovered in the Vatican's secret archives are being published in a limited edition ? with an $8,377 price tag. They include a 14th-century parchment showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the Templar leaders of heresy, though he did find them guilty of immorality and planned to reform the order, according to the Vatican archives Web site. But pressured by King Philip IV of France, Clement later reversed his decision and suppressed the order in 1312."
The Vatican is going to release the vindicating documents as a leather bound book. "Only 799 copies of the 300-page volume, Processus Contra Templarios ? Latin for "Trial against the Templars" ? are for sale, said Scrinium publishing house, which prints documents from the Vatican's secret archives. Each will cost $8,377, the publisher said Friday."
Good luck getting a copy. If you can, think of the fortune you will be sitting on. Libraries and conspiracy theorists will be seeking copies for generations to come. I think the 8k price can easily be translated into a huge profit in just a few years.
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World History
Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers
The Knights Templar are one of the most famous (infamous?) of Medieval organizations. They protected the Holy lands for Christianity for centuries. Their success was tied closely to the Crusades and when the Crusaders lost the Holy Land, support for the Knights faded. In 1312, Pope Clement disbanded the order under charges of witchcraft. Hundreds of Knights were executed.It looks like the Knights Templar were innocent. The Associated Press has a story titled Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers by Frances D'Emelio. The article notes, "Ignored for centuries, documents about the heresy trial of the ancient Christian order discovered in the Vatican's secret archives are being published in a limited edition ? with an $8,377 price tag. They include a 14th-century parchment showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the Templar leaders of heresy, though he did find them guilty of immorality and planned to reform the order, according to the Vatican archives Web site. But pressured by King Philip IV of France, Clement later reversed his decision and suppressed the order in 1312."
The Vatican is going to release the vindicating documents as a leather bound book. "Only 799 copies of the 300-page volume, Processus Contra Templarios ? Latin for "Trial against the Templars" ? are for sale, said Scrinium publishing house, which prints documents from the Vatican's secret archives. Each will cost $8,377, the publisher said Friday."
Good luck getting a copy. If you can, think of the fortune you will be sitting on. Libraries and conspiracy theorists will be seeking copies for generations to come. I think the 8k price can easily be translated into a huge profit in just a few years.
- Knights Templar, Knights Hospitallers, And Teutonic Knights
Knights Templar At the time of the First Crusade (1096), Christian monasticism had been in existence since the third century after Christ. What developed out of the crusade, however, was a unique melding of Christian monasticism with the idea of crusade...
- Philip Iv - King Of France
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