The Templar Order
Colton Turner
Mr. Brant
World History January 24, 2016
The Templar Order
The crusades were a series of military campaigns conducted European Christians in the lands of Asia Minor (Byzantium), Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. The crusades were described by Pope Urban II as a pilgrimage (for which the sins of the crusaders would be forgiven) and a defensive war to take back the holy land, especially Jerusalem (Britannica). Out of the First Crusade sprung an order named The Knights of Templar. The knights of Templar was a medieval order of monastic knights who made their initial by European Christians in the lands of Asia minor. After the crusaders succeeded in conquering the Jerusalem and the Holy lands, the roads were still hazardous. In response, …show more content…
During their time, society had a very strict religion. The Templar order claimed to be Christian, but they apparently did so many things against God and the Ten Commandments. There were many people who claimed witness to the order’s abuse, and that members of the Templar order confessed to some crimes on which they had been accused. This shows us that the Templars were not arrested completely on false charges, and they just may have been defying the religion and the government. Also, it was alleged that the Templars did not make charitable gifts or give hospitality, as a religious order should (Nicholson). It is said that the order encouraged brothers to acquire property fraudulently, and to win profit for the order by any means possible. This shows that the Templars were not striving to be a religious order at all, and instead were rather …show more content…
It is said that the Templars had been summoning their legal opponents to courts in far off places, because they had no way of getting to the court on the day of the trial. Therefore, they had to pay a fine to the Templars in return for missing their court date. This is obvious scamming on the part of the Templars, and it seems that they have become more of a con group then a religious order of knights. Also, the Order had been taking payments from the clergy and laity in return for allowing them to share their legal privileges. There seems to be no stoppage of the fraud in this organization, and that’s right. There is pretty much no stop to the cheating scummy things that the Templars did. Despite their extensive possessions, the Order was always claiming to be poor. They sent out alms collections on a regular basis in order to collect money form the lay-people and clergy for their work in the holy land. In 1245, Matthew Paris wrote: “The Templars… receive so much income from the whole of Christendom, and, only for defending the Holy Land, swallow down such great revenues as if they sink them into the gulf of the abyss… whatever do they do with all their wealth?” Many people in this time felt the same way (Nicholson). This shows that the Templars collected more money then what they were due. They only did one thing, and they were overly rewarded
Mr. Brant
World History January 24, 2016
The Templar Order
The crusades were a series of military campaigns conducted European Christians in the lands of Asia Minor (Byzantium), Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. The crusades were described by Pope Urban II as a pilgrimage (for which the sins of the crusaders would be forgiven) and a defensive war to take back the holy land, especially Jerusalem (Britannica). Out of the First Crusade sprung an order named The Knights of Templar. The knights of Templar was a medieval order of monastic knights who made their initial by European Christians in the lands of Asia minor. After the crusaders succeeded in conquering the Jerusalem and the Holy lands, the roads were still hazardous. In response, …show more content…
During their time, society had a very strict religion. The Templar order claimed to be Christian, but they apparently did so many things against God and the Ten Commandments. There were many people who claimed witness to the order’s abuse, and that members of the Templar order confessed to some crimes on which they had been accused. This shows us that the Templars were not arrested completely on false charges, and they just may have been defying the religion and the government. Also, it was alleged that the Templars did not make charitable gifts or give hospitality, as a religious order should (Nicholson). It is said that the order encouraged brothers to acquire property fraudulently, and to win profit for the order by any means possible. This shows that the Templars were not striving to be a religious order at all, and instead were rather …show more content…
It is said that the Templars had been summoning their legal opponents to courts in far off places, because they had no way of getting to the court on the day of the trial. Therefore, they had to pay a fine to the Templars in return for missing their court date. This is obvious scamming on the part of the Templars, and it seems that they have become more of a con group then a religious order of knights. Also, the Order had been taking payments from the clergy and laity in return for allowing them to share their legal privileges. There seems to be no stoppage of the fraud in this organization, and that’s right. There is pretty much no stop to the cheating scummy things that the Templars did. Despite their extensive possessions, the Order was always claiming to be poor. They sent out alms collections on a regular basis in order to collect money form the lay-people and clergy for their work in the holy land. In 1245, Matthew Paris wrote: “The Templars… receive so much income from the whole of Christendom, and, only for defending the Holy Land, swallow down such great revenues as if they sink them into the gulf of the abyss… whatever do they do with all their wealth?” Many people in this time felt the same way (Nicholson). This shows that the Templars collected more money then what they were due. They only did one thing, and they were overly rewarded