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Templars going from a Roadaide rescue crew to a military force
Psalm / battle song
Psalm / battle song
not to us oh lord not to us but to your name give glory for the sake of your steadfast glory and faithfulness
Psalm / battle song
Alfonso's will to Templars, Hospitalars and Holy Church of the Seppuka resolved by taking his brother from Holt Orders, marrying him to a rival family, having a daughter, having him go back to a monastery and marrying the child off
Louis VII crusaders needed to be taught to follow orders and the order of the March
Askalon, walls were broken when the city tried to burn a siege tower and set its own wall alight
Bernard of tremulae charged Askalon breach with only 40 Templars
Nassar al-din handed over to death even as a converted Christian by the Templars for political reasons
Battle of Cresson
Enemies begged for him to lay down his weapons to spare his life
Crushed, rather than conquered by spears
James of Mailly (Jakelin de Mailly)
Saladin retreats in water less country to force crusaders to march further to battle.
Saladin gave the King Consort of Jerusalem a drink but not the Templar Leader
Templar leeroy Jenkins the siege of akka
IV Crusade French set out, got as far as Constantinople and sacked the Greek city
After a march from Damietta the Sultan opened the sluice gates while the Nile was in flood to 'catch the invaders like fish in a net'
Templars became an international banking business
La forby Templar defeat with massive commitment from order, Teutonic Knights and Hospitalars
Al Masoor, Templars suicide charge out of order
Louis IX took two days to count his ransom from the treasury
Templars can't give Louis IX his ransom, but if he 'took it by force' they wouldn't stop him...
Fredrick II of Sicily was excommunicated 4 times by the church despite taking Jerusalem
Attempting to convert the Mongols to Christianity in order to conquer the Holy Land
400 Islamic horsemen began to assault those who were promised safe conduct inside the Templar courtyard, gates were closed and they were killed.
Pope Celestine V unwillingly crowned
France had a war with Spain turned into a crusade by a Gascogn Pope
Torture of Templars to prove the accusations of Heresy
Templar torture during the trial to move from don't know answers
