Knights Templar in Britain

The Knights Templar rose to be the most powerful military order of the Middle Ages. Founded early in the Twelfth Century they were a secret society who ran the Crusades and dictated to Kings and Popes. This examines who became Knights and what sort of rituals sustained them. It explores the origins of the financial system in England and the Templar influence across the British Isles, their links to Europe and the Middle East, until their defeat by the Inquisition two hundred years later.