History of the Templars

concerns these famous knights; it
contains, for the most part,
only the narrative of the catastrophe This refers to the sudden arrest of the Templars in 1307 and their subsequent execution and dissolution.
that destroyed them.

I was tempted to say that the
first duty of a writer, even
if they produce only a pamphlet original: "brochure", should
be to seek to be read; but
I remember that I myself have
the greatest need for the indul-
gence of my readers, and I remain
silent.

There does not hang over the history
of the Templars such a great obscu-
rity as people would like us to
believe; it is enough, to be convinced
of this, to read attentively the wri-
ters who have spoken of them. This is what

The vocabulary below corresponds to the key terms highlighted in the original French text.

Templars, writer, history, catastrophe, knights