Religious Knights
The crusades saw the emergence of religious knights including the Knights Templar, the Teutonic knights and the Hospitallers - Templar Knights. The members of the orders of Religious knights were both monks and knights; that is, to the monastic vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience they added a fourth vow, which bound them to protect pilgrims and fight the infidels. The Middle Ages saw the emergence of a military order called the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. Their name was to become the Templar Knights, or the Knights Templar - .
Knights Templar History
The Knights Templar History started with the crusades of the Middle Ages, a war between Christians and Moslems centered around the city of Jerusalem. The Medieval order of the Knights Templar was dissolved in 1312 by the Council of Vienne.
Knights Templar Banking
When a man joined the Knights Templar he took an oath of poverty and his wealth and lands were donated to the Knights Templar order. Donations of money and land were also given to the Knights Templar order by nobles and Kings. The Knights Templar order therefore became extremely wealthy and became involved in Knights Templar Banking activities.
Knights Templar Timeline
The Knights Templar Timeline charts the key dates of the people and events surrounding the Knights Templar order.
Names of Knights Templar Leaders
The names of all of the Medieval leaders are detailed in Names of Knights Templar Leaders together with the dates of their leadership as the Masters of the order.
Teutonic Knights
The Teutonic Knights were a military-religious order of knights that restricted membership to Germans. Teutonic Knights were members of the order of the Teutonic Knights of the Hospital of the Blessed Virgin.
Knights Hospitaller
The Knights Hospitaller were Knights of the Order of Saint John the Hospitaller who were also known by such names as Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta. The Hospitallers grew out of a brotherhood for the care of sick pilgrims in a hospital at Jerusalem following the First Crusade in 1100 AD.
