History of the Templars

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To make innocent people look suspicious in the eyes of a gullible people, one must preferably choose crimes that directly insult the objects of their worship and most sharply clash with their prejudices. After having taken impiety In this context, "impiety" refers to heresy or acts of sacrilege against the Church, which were the primary charges leveled against the Templars. as the motive for the accusation, one must then take the interests of heaven as the motive for the punishment. This is nothing but easy when one has—as Philip the Fair Philip IV (1268–1314), King of France. had in his dependence—a pope whose opinion will carry that of all the nations with it This refers to Pope Clement V, who was heavily influenced by the French monarchy and eventually suppressed the Order of the Temple under pressure from the King..

What, then, is obscure in such an intrigue? And is it not a bit late to try to cast doubt original: "jetter du louche"; literally to cast a suspicious or "shady" light upon the facts. on events that were already no longer doubted even in the fourteenth century?

But let us not get ahead of the events; let us proceed in order. This work can be divided into three parts: the first, the era and origin of the Templars; the second, their