Templars on trial
Steve Tibble explores whether the Knights Templar were fitted up for crimes they didn’t commit
From 1307, members of the Knights Templar were beaten, brutalised and put to death on charges of heresy, Satanism and mass murder. But, asks today’s long read, written by historian Steve Tibble, were this elite band of holy warriors fitted up for crimes they didn’t commit?
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Authors
Steve Tibble is honorary research associate at Royal Holloway, University of London. His latest book, Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain, is published by Yale in September.
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