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The Last Crusades Episode 1 "The Fall of the Templars"

Byzantium And The Crusades

English - August 14, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
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With Outremer destroyed in 1291, Christian Europe lost its final link with the original crusading ideology focused on the capture of Jerusalem. What then should happen to the three religious Military Orders which had been established to defend Outremer - the Templars, the Hospitallers and the Teutonic Knights? A particularly grim fate awaited the Templars, which has served as the inspiration for countless myths and conspiracy theories, not least that contained in Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code.