Stand Alone Pages on 'Musings of an Old Curmudgeon'

01 December 2021

Why Were the Templars Arrested and Destroyed?

Ostensibly, for heresy and blasphemy. More realistically, it was a power and money grab by Philippe le Bel.

In the 14th century, the Knights Templar were arrested and dissolved. At dawn on Friday, 13 October 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the Grand Master Jacques de Molay and scores of other French Templars to be simultaneously arrested. Were the charges brought against the Templars just? Or did corruption at the French court lay behind their arrest? What gave the Templars their power? Find out in this video:

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