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Knights Templars
Knights Templars , in medieval history, members of the military and religious order of the Poor Knights of Christ, called the Knights of the Temple of Solomon from their house in Jerusalem. Origins Like the Knights Hospitalers and the Teutonic Knights , the Templars were formed during the ... Read more |
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Clontarf
Clontarf , suburb of Dublin, Co. Dublin, E Republic of Ireland. It was the scene of a decisive defeat (1014) of the Danes by the Irish under Brian Boru , who himself was killed in the fighting. Clontarf Castle was built (1835) on the site of an ancient castle that belonged successively to the... Read more |
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Ordo Templi Orientis
Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) A ritual magic organization founded in Germany around 1904. The order found its inspiration in the medieval Knights Templar, who were suppressed through most of Europe in the fourteenth century. Among the charges made against the order were that they practiced various... Read more |
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Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem feudal state created by leaders of the First Crusade (see Crusades ) in the areas they had wrested from the Muslims in Syria and Palestine. In 1099, after their capture of Jerusalem, the Crusaders chose Godfrey of Bouillon king; he declined the title, preferring that... Read more |
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Council of Vienne
Council of Vienne 1311-12, 15th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held at Vienne, France. It was convened by Pope Clement V at the behest of Philip IV of France as a further move in the plan of the French king to destroy the Knights Templars . The council voted to hear the... Read more |
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the Temple
the Temple district of the City of London, England. The name refers to two of the four Inns of Court , the Middle Temple and the Inner Temple. The Temple was originally the English seat of the famous order of Knights Templars. The Inner Temple hall and library and the Temple Church—a Norman... Read more |
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Vienne
Vienne town (1990 pop. 30,386), Isère dept., SE France, on the Rhône River. It is a farm trade center with textile, metallurgical, and footwear industries. The capital of the Allobroges, Vienne (then Vienna) became one of the chief cities of Roman Gaul, one of the first archiepiscopal... Read more |
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chivalry
chivalry , system of ethical ideals that arose from feudalism and had its highest development in the 12th and 13th cent. Chivalric ethics originated chiefly in France and Spain and spread rapidly to the rest of the Continent and to England. They represented a fusion of Christian and military... Read more |
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Clement V
Clement V 1264-1314, pope (1305-14), a Frenchman named Bertrand de Got; successor of Benedict XI. He was made archbishop of Bordeaux by Boniface VIII , who trusted him; surprisingly, he was also in some favor at the court of Philip IV , even though Philip and the pope were archenemies. He was... Read more |
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Knights Hospitalers
Knights Hospitalers members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Jerusalem. The symbol of the Order of St. John came to be a white cross worn on a black robe; thus the Hospitalers were the Knights... Read more |
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Crusades
...The wealthy powerful orders of KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS and KNIGHTS TEMPLAR were created by the Crusades...II, and was provoked by the rise to power of the SELJUK Turks...but to little purpose. The fall of Acre in 1291 ended the Crusader... |
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TRIAL OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TUESDAY, FIVE, 8pm.(Features)
...film follows the rise and fall of the pious knights who defended pilgrims...sticky end. The Knights Templar were founded in 1095...the Holy Land. The Knights established themselves...along the way. The ... |
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The Templars.(Brief article)(Book review)
The Templars: History & Myth...mediaeval orders of knights, with the possible...about them as the Knights Templars. (The...traces the Order's rise and fall and, in the final...associated with the Knights may be ... |
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The Templars.(Review)
The Templars, by Piers Paul Read...The story of the rise and fall of the Templars is...ended in 1291 with the fall of Acre, the last...manners of the Christian Knights, most of whom were...conquered lands might ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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A-Level Crisis: Student's hopes rise and fall as coveted place slips away
...Manchester University after his A- level psychology coursework was downgraded to a U. The 19-year-old former pupil at Knights Templar School in Baldock, Hertfordshire, was also rejected by his second-choice university and is spending a gap year... |
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Pushing maturities to 1,000 years
...rarely survive longer than a century or two. The Knights Templars, Europe's great medieval banking network, managed...the maturity, the more a bond's principal will rise when interest rates fall. The degree to which a bond will outperform a... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Movies on release.(Features)
...meltdown tracing the rise of the rogue industry...leads a group of Knight Templars defending Rochester...s soul when he falls in with his criminal...James McAvoy) falls for the red (Emily...popumentary about his rise from ... |
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7; things you need to know about; Friday; 13th...
1 This Friday falls on the 13th day of the month, traditionally...party, whoever plays Judas's part and rises first will be dead within the year...tortured and executed members of the Knights Templar. 6 Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the proper... |
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Clyde E. Fant & Mitchell G. Reddish. A guide to Biblical sites in Greece and...
...Oxford University Press; 0-19-513918-6 paperback 15.99 [pounds sterling]. GORDON NAPIER. The rise and fall of the Knights Templar--the Order of the Temple, 1118-1314: a true history of faith, glory, betrayal and tragedy. xv... |
 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Man Obsesed; enownedforbeing , eepintenseand ftenunpredictable icolas...
...quirky and unpredictable image to fall back on. The 40-year-old member...the lost treasure of the ancient Knights Templar sect. The location of the haul is...could be said about Cage's own rise to fame. The son of literary professor... |
 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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GO: CINEMA: CAGE IS CAUGHT UP IN A TREASURE JEST.(Features)
...quirky and unpredictable image to fall back on. The 40-year-old member...the lost treasure of the ancient Knights Templar sect. The location of the haul is...same could be said about Nic's own rise to fame. The son of literary professor... |
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