Medieval Warfare Vol. 5 - Bernard's Chosen

Discover Medieval Warfare Vol. VI.5 - Bernard's Chosen

Medieval Warfare Vol. VI.5 - Bernard's Chosen

The Knights Templar

Topic: Peter Konieczny, Who Were the Knights Templar? The Rise and Fall of a Military Order

We have left our lands and our loved ones, and we have come here to uphold and exalt the law of God. So we rest here, eating, drinking, and spending, without doing any work. Nor do we perform any feats of arms, although this country needs them. We obey a priest and therefore do no work of arms. Let us follow his advice, and with our prior's permission, we will make one of us our own.
Master, who can guide us in battle when necessary.

Subject: Helen Nicholson, why I write about the Templars: none is more illustrious than he

Helen Nicholson, one of the world's leading historians of medieval military orders, tells us about her fascination with the Templars and what she has learned about them.

Topic: Andrew Holt, The New Chivalry: Bernard of Clairvaux and the Templars

Andrew Holt tells how the French monk Bernard of Clairvaux helped create the Knights Templar, shaping a new image of the ideal Christian warrior.

Topic: Peter Konieczny, Ten Unusual Facts About the Templars: From Blood Brothers to Bad Breath

Did you know the Templars once ruled Cyprus, or that their rule against women might not have been so strict? Discover some strange but true facts about this military order.

Subject: John Howe, The Rule: Military Secrets of the Knights Templar

No brother shall turn his horse's head backward, in battle, or for any other purpose, while in a squadron. - John Howe writes about how the Templars' rule prepared them for the life of a monk and the life of a warrior.

Subject: William E. Welsh, Crusader Disaster: The Battle of Forbie

In October 1244, the Crusaders and their Muslim allies in Syria set out to fight a new threat: the Khwarazmians. The threat had descended upon the Holy Land. Working for the Sultan of Egypt, the Khwarazmians had already invaded Jerusalem. Now the fate of the Middle East would be decided in the Forbie.

Topic: Daniele Cybulskie, The Templars' Afterlife: From Fighting Injustice to Ruling the World

Heroes. Villains. Saviors. Destroyers. It's hard to think of another organization with such a widespread reputation for being good and evil in almost equal measure. In a strange twist of fate, Philip the Fair's vilification and destruction of the Templars in the 14th century has given them an afterlife in the popular imagination that has reached every corner of the globe, far surpassing the reach of the medieval order. Given the relative brevity of their existence and the fact that they ultimately failed in their mission, what is it about the Templars that has kept us fascinated for centuries?

Subject: Cliff Repicky, Bernard's Chosen One: Forged in the Furnace of Holy War

What were the Knights Templar like?

Special: Owen Rees, The Siege of Bedford Castle in 1224

The young King Henry III would face his greatest test in the summer of 1224. He would be challenged by Baron Falkes de Breauté, and if Bedford Castle could hold out against Henry's victory, all of England could once again be plunged into civil war.

Special: Brian R. Price, Bellifortis: Conrad Kyeser and His Book of War

Brilliant but strange, Conrad Kyeser created the Bellifortis in the early 15th century. His imagination would produce one of the
In the most unusual treatises of the Middle Ages, creating devious weapons of siege warfare, Brian Price shows us how Kyeser described everything from underwater soldiers to chastity belts.

Special: Peter Konieczny, 11th-century military ingenuity and wisdom

Just before the trumpets sound, it's too late for a helmeted man to regret the battle. - Egbert of Liège's collection of proverbs, fables, and folk tales includes some gems about medieval warfare.

Knights of the Movie: Murray Dahm's Kingdom of Heaven: A Modern Film in Medieval Attire

Ridley Scott's film "Kingdom of Heaven" has been criticized for its poor casting, poor storytelling, and modern agendas that have nothing to do with the history of the time. Murray Dahm takes a closer look at this epic film.

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