The Templars: The Rise and Fall of God's Holy Warriors

by Dan Jones

The bull placed the Templars ‘under the protection and

Antioch, which he thought was rightfully part of his own empire.

Armengaud of Asp and the Templars, led by Gerard of Ridefort.

which to threaten Egyptian shipping and launch raids on

place of the Templars was a solution that suited everyone. Guy

whose whole model for success relied on the highest favour of western kings and on their special status.

This is not to say that the Templars’ crusading mission had been abandoned. Far from it. The one thing the Templars could never escape was their intimate connection

and stronghold of Jabala, in the principality of Antioch, without