HISTORY

OF THE

TEMPLARS.

Nearly seven hundred years have passed since the pyres original: "bûchers"; referring to the stakes where Templars were burned as heretics. lit by Pope Clement V Clement V (reigned 1305–1314) was the pope who, under pressure from King Philip the Fair of France, suppressed the Order of the Temple. consumed the first military order military order: a religious society of knights, such as the Templars, who took monastic vows but also fought to defend the Holy Land. that Religion had established for the preservation of its most precious and august monuments Refers to the sacred sites in Jerusalem and the Levant that the Templars were originally founded to protect..

In this long interval of time, the truth has been obscured and stifled; the voice of the centuries remained silent for fear of offending great names and a great power. But finally, their innocence—attested by the very records of their trial—is no longer a question, and the Tragedy This likely refers to a popular play of the era, such as François-Just-Marie Raynouard’s 1805 play Les Templiers, which helped shift public opinion toward seeing the Templars as innocent victims. which has just memorialized this great event with a great spec-