The Order of the Knights Templar

Although historians were unable to obtain many documents detailing the Templar 's details, what they did proved that the Templar' s Order had a major influence on the medieval church. The Templar Order is a fairly controversial secret order that has been misunderstood since the Middle Ages ordered. Despite misunderstandings and controversy, the Order of the Templars of the Order has made many accomplishments, including protecting Christian pilgrims, defending the church from heresy and jealousy, and helping oppressed Christiicans I'm waiting.

In 1298 or 1299, the military command (the Knights Templar and the Order Hospital) and its leaders (including Mr. Jacques de Moller, Mr. Otto de Sanson and the director of the hospital) resisted Mamur's invasion I spent a short time in Armenia to do. Glams they did not succeed, and soon the last Roche - Guillaume fortress of the Knights of Temple in Antioch was lost by Muslims. In 1300, the Knights Templar Hospital and the Cypriot army tried to occupy the coastal city Tortosa. They were able to occupy the Alboud Island near Tortosa, but soon lost it. The Crusaders lost the last foothold in the sacred place due to the loss of Awad.

After conquering this area from the wilderness of Portuguese Reconquista, the land was given to the Templar Order. In the mid-12th century, Guardim Pace of the Templar Order placed the castle, the fortress and the first stone of the monastery on the hill of Tomar. It is the beginning of the history of this place and the beginning of the emergence of the town. The fort was chosen as headquarters of the Portuguese Templar Order and played an important role in their reconvocation and subsequent reorganization of the Christian Order. Tomar was particularly important in the 15th century when it was the center of Portugal's overseas expansion. It was born under a Christian knight, a navigator of Henry, the owner of the Portuguese Knights.

In 1312 the pope finally succumbed to the king and officially dissolved the Order of the Knights Templar. After two years of torture, investigation and trial, Jeffrey de Chaney, the commander of Jacques De Molle of Knights Templar and Knights Templar of Normandy, was convicted and they were "slow" in the fire. Roast roast "When they were baked for hours, they kept shouting the innocence of the order. When Jacques de Moray was burned he requested a curse against the Philippe kings and Pope Clement V, they were said to have stated that they will see him next year dead and meet in front of the god. In fact, they died that year, Wang Philip died in a hunting accident, and Pope Clement V died for an unknown reason. (Robinson, 142-143)