Hope you enjoyed this episode. Next week's episodes will be: 20th - The Occupation of Austria, 1945-55 24th - Julian the Apostate: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor. Also, bonus fact: In Portugal, when the Knights Templar were disbanded, the Portuguese crown refused to give their property to the Knights Hospitaller (because they were foreign). Instead they created a brand new order, the Order of Christ and gave it all of the Knights Templar's property. It's members were also all ex-Templars. Totally different thing, though.
The idea was that if the person were innocent, God would intercede for his benefit with a miracle, as he never did, it was understood that God was in agreement with the penalty ...
@@Melnek1 No. The plea was submitted to two separate courts and one of them didn't care about the matter of innocence. You're thinking of a 'trial by combat' which, being primarily pagan, was far more common before the Vatican rose to prominence.
@@Melnek1 Ugh, no. They were not fucking savages or your common day peasant farmers. They fully understood the implications and that no miracle would happen.
You forgot a tiny detail: Many Knight-Templars fled to Portugal, the only European kingdom who defied the Pope and accepted the Templars. They went on to become the Order of Christ and play a major role in Portuguese Naval Expansion.
Fun fact: Pope Clement at the time was involved in talks with leaders of both great monastic orders (Hospitalliers and Templars) in attempts to merge them and attempt to keep them relevant under protection from rome, but the whole plan went awry mainly because of DeMolay's protests, a move that might have had otherwise saved his order and his life
There's always the conjecture that some of the Templars fled to what became Switzerland, leading to the banking and military upgrades that happened around the same time.
Andrew Hawkins my coworker thinks that happened and that they founded the world bank and now control the world and have started every war in human history
@@goldenfiberwheat238 you cant argue with conspiracy theorists, any criticism of the conspiracy will just be incorporated into it "they faked the whole thing", "philip was in on it" etc etc
LOLquendoTV he also thinks the Swiss guard is in on it despite the fact that the only requirements to get in are be catholic, Swiss, male, and 18. And he thinks that if your last name is in all caps on your birth certificate that means you’re property of the Catholic Church
There’s a good book series called The Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon which starts with the burning of the last Knights Templar and covers the strife in the French court over the following years. It helped to inspire A Song of Ice and Fire.
@Nogent ok... You kinda responded with more than I care to read about. Its not that big of a deal. They either got part of the curse or they didnt. Idk why that other rubbish is you are talking about. Dont know what "candy bear" is.
@@PolishBehemoth Wow, what an ungrateful you are, he bother to answer you clearly and you spit in his face. And why "The French court got what they deserved"? It was Philip who did questionable things, why punish all the court and its descendants who have nothing to do with this story? (I'm not saying that they were saints). You're just trying to spread hate for no reason.
Fun fact: the Templars kinda survived in Portugal with the help of a little rebranding. They continued there as the Military Order of Christ until 1789. Edit: Shoot! I didn't read the pined comment - it was already there.
@@VarietyGamerChannel when and how I curious to know more? I know the founder of the juseit order war a spanish noble Conquistador before a catholic monk!
@@johnrichardson7310 never a conquistador, just a basque noble. As far as i know san ignacio de loyola had no connection to anything resembling the templars
History is biased, it tells you of exceptions and the unusual. There were many who lived in peace, tended their families and their land, participated in many festivals, prayed and loved. Our current images of those centuries is created by the enlightenment intellectuals thet tell us how great they themselves are, and by Hollywood that knows as much about history as I know about particle physics. Medieval centuries were a lively, exciting and virile time, more pious than intellectual, yes, but more dynamic and imaginative too.
Also Philip the 4th had a personal reason for taking down the templars. He'd wanted to be accepted as an honorary member but was insultingly denied admission. Also for those wondering, "fair" referred to his good looks, not that he was an honorable gentleman, cause he wasnt at all.
Yeah he was a peice of crap with a massive superiority complex, I think he even one said something along the lines of " I count only the holy Roman Emperor and the Pope as people who are even close to being my equal" This dude was a real jerk
@@arnaldoenriquez6191Now I'm brought back after many years and I forgot this comment, but I'm happy to say he re-used this threatening leaning in animation in many more videos, hahaha.
You forgot to mention that Jacques de Molay cursed the king, the Pope, and the prosecutor while at stake, and within a year, all three were dead. Philippe's three sons would all succeed to the throne and then die without an heir. This led to a succession crisis when Philippe's grandson and nephew both claimed the throne, and since the grandson happened to be King of England, it led to the 100 Years' War.
@@danielawesome36 funny that when the Israelites returned there was a massive pushback by the Islamic world, especially when it was the West that placed them back there.
No mention of de Molay predicting on the stake that both Philippe IV and Pope Clement would be dead by the end of the year (something that in all actuality happened? Philippe died in November and Clement in April).
It did take place on Friday 13th, yes, but that is merely a coincidence. The number 13 was actually considered lucky in France all the way up to the 20th century.
Isn't it strange that any given 13th day has a 1-in-7 chance of being a Friday, but any given Friday has only about 1-in-30 chance of being the 13th day?
There's also a very entertaining Donald Duck comic series drawn and written by Don Rosa, where the Duck family is hunting for Templar treasures. The comic summarizes this part of the order's history quite well.
Is that the one where they realize the template don't get the crown, because the day on which they were contracted to receive it was one of the days scrapped by the Gregorian Callender shift? I loved that plot point. And the bit with the voodoo dolls was pretty hilarious.
@@bificommander7472 it is, I loved Don Rosa's stories far more than the stories of any other Donald Duck author including Carl Barks. I also admire his drawing style and the way he gave Uncle Scrooge some real depth. Have you ever read the one where the Duck family is reliving a Finnish epic?
@@blafoon93 I don't believe that I have. I mostly read the Dutch weekly Donald Duck comic book (Donald is considerably more popular than any other Disney character, Mickey Mouse included, in the Netherlands) which mostly printed locally made comics. Occasionally, they'd include a Don Ross or other American story, often in bits spread over several weeks. The Templar crown story was ran, as was the one about the Indonesian Volcano eruption, but they were the exception. Not too many others that I remember.
Yes, in the case of the actual Knights. The order was also filled with reservist "sergeants" who did not need to follow the rules of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience and offered auxiliary support to the Knights. The sargeants wore black crosses, while the Knights who had taken the Threefold Oath wore red.
Fun fact: many Templars fled to Portugal and were reformed into Order of Christ by king Denis. Later Henry the Navigator was their Grand Master and explorer Vasco da Gama a member. There is also a Templar castle in Tomar which I had a privlige to visit couple of years ago. 🇵🇹
dede19833 he is not talking about Templars origins...he’s talking about our country (Portugal) was possibly be founded by Templars. The Templars arrived here in 1126, it was “condado portucalense”. The Portuguese kingdom was funded in 1143.
@@dede19833 Henry, count of Portugal and father of Afonso Henriques, the founder of the Kingdom of Portugal, was a French noble from Burgundy... If I'm not mistaken, he was cousins with Raymond of Burgundy who became ruler of Galicia, whose brother Guy of Burgundy became Pope Callixtus II. And who else, a very famous French patron of the Crusades and the Knights Templar is associated with Burgundy? I'll let you guess. Afonso I of Portugal, the son of Henry, founded churches and monasteries in Portugal under the French Cistercian order, and made donations to them and other associated religious orders in Portugal. Henry also had ties to Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse/Raymond of St. Gilles, who you might better know as the man who established the "County of Tripoli" in the Middle East. The Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal, associated with the Cistercian order of that popular patron of the crusaders, was donated by Afonso to him. And if you are wondering, the famous guy of the crusades who I'm referring to was St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
I was a part of that for many years. Needless to say, they paint DeMolay as a saint basically. And yeah, you're supposed to question that version, but still... Not an ideal situation, if you ask me.
note that one of the main objectives of the French king was to seize the enormous treasure the knights had stored in France. And then know that that treasure was never found...
@@TheFormHater It existed In vaults and tunnels most of it was took to country's that supported them like Portugal and was used to fund there new order
wow! I read a book a bit about this whole era and the Knight Templar’s were super corrupt in it it seems there’s a bit misrepresented history in our historical narrative in the Knights Templar. I’ll go with your version since that book was from the 1990’s
The Military Order of Christ was founded in 1319, with the protection of the Portuguese king, Denis, who refused to pursue and persecute the former Templar knights as had occurred in most of the other sovereign states under the political influence of the Catholic Church. The order was based in The Algarve, at Castro Marim. It was secularised in 1789. These days the Grandmaster is the President of Portugal
For the grace, for the might of our Lord For the home of the holy For the faith, for the way of the sword Gave their lives so boldly For the grace, for the might of our Lord In the name of his glory For the faith, for the way of the sword Come and tell their story again Wait, wrong era of history. My bad. Too many Deus vult memes
It's funny that this song isn't about the crusades yet people still associate it with the Crusaders. The Swiss Guard wasn't even a holy order. And they protected the Holy See from German mercenaries who weren't paid enough. They protected the Papacy from unpaid Christians basically. I've debunked this, I must be fun at parties and yes, you're welcome.
The Kingdom of Aragon was very pro-templar. They founded the Orders of Montesa and Calatrava (which still exists) and staffed them with "totally non-templar" knights.
Of course it's like order 66 in real life. They modeled Order 66 after this. And Friday the 13th as well... This is the reason why it's considered a day of bad luck.
I miss the 10 minute videos. I gotta take a breather to understand all of these unlike before where I would have it running on my other monitor and just absorbing the knowledge haha
The thing I dislike most about these short vids is that so much history and details are condensed in the 3(something) minutes, that which remains feels very superficial and overly summarized.
I will play devils advocate and say that I actually don't mind these shorter videos. They're well made, fast paced, fun, and honestly get me more interested in researching some of these topics myself. I of course love the 10 minute videos, they're wonderful, and the main reason I subbed to the chanel, but I also realize that they probably just take a considerably long time to make to the standard that he wants and that we've come to expect. Now if he stopped making the longer vids all together and just made shorts then we'd have a problem lol
Yea these shorter videos just don’t seem worth my time. 3 minutes or less? Why bother when you can catch up on history on some other channel like oversimplified or others that are quadruple the length.
@Nogent Never said he tried to hide it. If fact, he wrote letter to high chancellor that admitted his peavishness. This and other facts are accepted by historians and biographers alike. There are some wonderful books out here for you to read.
Kind of weird though. Given that as a king, he was expected to keep his line going, I'm not sure why he would have wanted to join an order which whose mandates of chastity would have meant said line was ended.
ya know what's weird - and by weird, i mean straightforward and logical - that circa 1300, around when the templars were being beleaguered, a bunch of farmers in the mountains between france n italy suddenly formed a very organized nation-state that became renowned for military prowess and advanced techniques to the point of being sought after as mercenaries, as well as international banking and finance - also chocolate n regimented timekeeping … funny place, that switzerland, eh?
Switzerland was not a "very organised nation-state". It was a confederacy of peasant and merchant republics that quarrelled between each other a lot. The first confederacy of three Alpine cantons was established in 1291, and the lower city cantons started to join in 1330 (Lucerne) and the 1350s, so nothing really coinciding with anything Templar-related. Also, banking became a major part of the Swiss economy only one or two centuries later.
"You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain." It hold true throughout history, and it doesn't really matter whether you make yourself a villain or someone else paints a target on your forehead.
Lol I wasn't watching your videos for the past few weeks because I didn't recognize the new channel name and thought someone was copying your art style. On the bright side, I have a solid amount of content to get through.
anyone who know the French revolution history would immediatly understand that there is nothing in common between atheists like Robespierre and a catholic monk like Hugues de Payens
Consider playing the board game Crusaders:Thy Will Be Done as it's a good board game about the growth of the military orders during the First Crusade, with the Knights Templar being one of the playable factions. It is, of course, an economic strategy game and about fighting heretics in Eastern Europe as much as Muslims in Europe.
If I understand correctly, in medieval/feudal Europe, landowners owed service to their lord/king, and were expected/required to give to the church (10% of income?). The charter of the Knights Templar exempted members from any local authority, answering directly to the pope, meaning they also had no obligation to the local church district. So in essence, the Knights Templar were an early tax exempt organization?
It wasn't only the Knights Templar per se. In Portugal, the kingdom couldn't tax the church's lands nor religious orders. They had their allegiance to the pope only. And this worked in every catholic country in Europe if I'm not mistaken. So no, they weren't exempt from taxes because the church's lands were a separate realm within the kingdom.
Hey. In the same vein, what about the question why does Military order of Malta still exist as an entity without land area of their own? Would be interesting video. And cheers for your brilliant channel here!
@@kreut5299 The Templars were actually quite chill. They were a major keeper of the peace between crusades and actually handled alot of the inbetween between christian and muslims in the region.
