Top 10 FASCINATING Facts About the KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
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Күн бұрынThe Knights Templar, a.k.a. the bad guys from the original Assassin’s Creed that you take out with pin-point accurate knife-punches to the back of the neck from horseback, are a popular facet of pop culture. Which has meant that over the years, what exactly they did and who they were has been muddied by Hollywood. So, here are 10 facts you may not know about this not-so-secret ancient order of knights…
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10. They Basically Invented Banks
9. Also Basically a Mega-Corp (That Owned Cyprus)
8. Individual Knights Were Dirt Poor
7. They Were Above All Laws
6. Had the Order Destroyed Because He Owed Them Money
5. Hundreds of Templars were Arrested on Friday the 13th
4. Caught Because of Their Beards
3. They Were Never Allowed To Surrender
2. Only about 10% of Templars were Knights
1. That Templars Always Wore Those Tunics
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@gosuckalemon988 7 жыл бұрын
One fact that you should talk about. The portuguese Refused to punish The Templars stating that they were doing "Gods Work" and renamed them to "A Ordem de Cristo" Christ's Order and were forever protected.
@John--cu2yu 3 жыл бұрын
Where I live we have a village named after a Templar that was claimed to be from the area (Temple Normanton) and one of the Templar’s claimed to be buried in the Clay Cross church. We also have old heath village with a 11th century church that has a lot of historical value, in fact theirs only a handful of people in the area that know it exits as you have to cross a dual carriageway to get their and it is very well hidden. This church is now being excavated for the HS2 project and their isn’t many gravestones left but their are many many bodies buried in the area. I have tried reading up about these places and their involvement to the Templar’s but not much information is about
@cerhart7172 3 жыл бұрын
The Scots also flat refused to punish the Templars, and the English only made token inquiry.
@alexp2327 3 жыл бұрын
But most templars were french so the damage was done
@sumone9920 2 жыл бұрын
Dues vult
@australianman3486 Жыл бұрын
They had also survived in some Germanic regions.
@Kruziik 6 жыл бұрын
So Friday the 13th back then was like a real life Order 66?
@joeschook792 4 жыл бұрын
Essentially yes
@jessiepayne9217 4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone got the parallel to the jedi!!!
@AnthonySforza 3 жыл бұрын
I think the real-life "Order 66" would be... Actually, the name currently eludes me, but there was a Roman Emperor whose father died and he had generals across the Empire taking out his siblings, so that he could become Emperor. Generals who served under said sibling, mind you. EDIT: Constantius II His father, Emperor Constantine had two brothers, nine nephews, and three sons. Basically, Constantius ordered the deaths of his two uncles and all six adult cousins. With the exception of only himself, his two brothers, and his three child-age cousins. Within months, all of them had been eliminated.
@ultramarinescaptain3840 3 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@graysonallen5410 2 жыл бұрын
THATS WHAT ORDER 66 IS BASED OFF OF
@iTsBlue2 7 жыл бұрын
Templars the original special force.
@ezioauditoredafirenze8940 5 жыл бұрын
agreed
@fritzvold9968 5 жыл бұрын
not the Hashassins?
@SagaciousNihilist 5 жыл бұрын
I think you meant to say the Spartan Hoplites.
@findinghare4588 5 жыл бұрын
SagaciousNihilist was just about to say the same haha and after that alexanders spider men haha and the Roman legions in general
@bidensniffed.myballs6894 4 жыл бұрын
Theres many forms of " special forces" in history long before the templars
@Ray-yv7kn 7 жыл бұрын
The real thing is, those Knights were the good guys
@kollinlorenzo3287 3 жыл бұрын
the real assassins were the bad guys
@applescruff1969 3 жыл бұрын
@@kollinlorenzo3287 Pretty much. The real assassins were little more than criminals.
@matthewblair6763 2 жыл бұрын
That’s what both sides thought
@billfletcher3966 2 жыл бұрын
@Sway Guevara Prince Philip was a liar and a thief. He inherited a broke country thanks to his idiot father who spent all of Frankia's wealth. The Templars ran the first banking system. After having the pope excommunicated and got his childhood friend named the next pope. The two of them decided to steal the money the Templars had by declaring them heretics.
@davidwayne9982 2 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY-- and the other TRASH out about them is just that TRASH- put out by the POOP and his FRENCH KING buddy that OWED them a fortune he couldn't pay back.
@henritparattil1320 7 жыл бұрын
finally some people who appreciate Real heroes. if they still exist ,,I would gladly join them.
@supamanzthedumbasssez2782 5 жыл бұрын
sabbeee MC .. Christianity is the 2nd largest religion in India.. educate urself racist!!
@videogameguy4215 5 жыл бұрын
the freemasons are the closest equivalents and help people they also openly recruit
@MiguelCoBMaggot 5 жыл бұрын
@@videogameguy4215 That is abslutely not true. The Freemasons have as much to do with the Knights Templar as the Nazi swastika has to do with the Hindu swastika.
@videogameguy4215 5 жыл бұрын
@@MiguelCoBMaggot after a large majority of Templars fled france to avoid execution they went to Portugal to form the order of christ & if the Oak island legend is true they also went to scotland to form the Masonic order as well as that island to store what they found also during the french revolution after the king was beheaded a freemason dipped what was believed to be a Templar mantle in the blood and said "jacques de molay" you are avenged as the king was a descendant of phillip the fair who was the one who ordered the Templars execution because he was in huge debt with them so he had them confess to false crimes which led to the grandmaster at the time, Jacques de Molay being burned at the stake and after that the pope disbanded the Templar order but while he was being burned de Molay cursed the king of France who later died of a heart attack while he was hunting within a year of the grandmaster's death the pope also died in that timespan
@DrBeak-gl2np 3 жыл бұрын
The Order of Christ is the only remnant of the Templars. I wish they would expand their influence and take back Europe and the Holy Land. Terrorists feel that they can control us but no. The Templars will rise again and soon, we will lay witness to thousands of them riding to the Holy Land.
@Beanbag777 7 жыл бұрын
Excellent, truthful , historically accurate , respectful and void of conspiracy theories . Great video
@jaydenp1747 4 жыл бұрын
Ummm not completely but okay 👌
@hackermangage1703 7 жыл бұрын
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
@bnbcraft6666 7 жыл бұрын
Gage rynders sabaton
@dFON 7 жыл бұрын
This song is for the Swiss Guard....
@vuxigeck5281 7 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT DOKTORDEL!
@hackermangage1703 7 жыл бұрын
Doktor von Pig I know but to anyone else it would would like a song for the crusades
@franciscogaray2530 7 жыл бұрын
This music isn't about the crusades or the templars. It's about the sack of rome in 1527
@FarCritical 7 жыл бұрын
*D E U S V U L T*
@McLovinMods 7 жыл бұрын
FarCritical ??? I've seen three people post that. What is it a reference to?
@McLovinMods 7 жыл бұрын
MrAcrobot yeah I meant contextually LOL
@dlowfrm305 5 жыл бұрын
*D E U S V U L T*
@alteredbeast7145 5 жыл бұрын
@@McLovinMods its like "allahu akbar" for nazis
@deafanddestructiononthepis3149 4 жыл бұрын
@@alteredbeast7145 Some say Templars began in Aztlan
@VileScarMind 7 жыл бұрын
Templars were allowed to retreat from battle if they were outnumbered 3 to 1 or more. They were not allowed to ask for quarter but were required to grant it if asked.
@Jinseual 7 жыл бұрын
The Knights Templars role was to protect Christian lands from Saracen bandits and raiders. They often had to fight against larger Muslim armies that were trying to destroy the small Kingdom of Jerusalem for 200 years. It's amazing how the Western Christians were able to hold that territory for so long despite the odds. Too bad their reputation has been slandered by films like Kingdom of Heaven when in fact Muslims were often very cruel and brutal to unarmed Christians and Muslims back on those days.
@kanejarrett1671 6 жыл бұрын
And still to this day.
@zelenplav1701 6 жыл бұрын
Jinseual. Who were the invaders? The Templars.
@hazardous0887 5 жыл бұрын
Mohamad A Rahman Says the Muslim ....
@clickbait5267 5 жыл бұрын
Jinseual Watch Knighthfall on Netflix
@arlynmanning9505 5 жыл бұрын
Back in those days? Many still are they havent changed much. They have been violent since the begining and people who say they are a religion of peace are fooling themselves. Now that being said there are amazing muslims who do want peace and are being preyed on by their radical counter parts. Those are the people we need to protect.
@verdeboyo 3 жыл бұрын
I can never get enough about the Templars/Crusades/medieval times. Very sad how the Vatican turned against them all and kept their plundered riches. Thank you for this video
@SnoopReddogg 2 жыл бұрын
The Vatican has form on that.
@GoddessBlessYou 10 ай бұрын
Don't know what your beliefs are, but many people would argue that you were one of them in a past life.
@razgriz821 7 жыл бұрын
time to play crusader kings 2 again and invade france..
@the_diplomat51 7 жыл бұрын
razgriz821 Avenge our Order, my fellow brother!
@AskiFin 7 жыл бұрын
+Avernal79 I'll see you in my Blót, heathen.
@Olter_ 7 жыл бұрын
razgriz821 DEUS VULT!
@7macfly2 7 жыл бұрын
razgriz821 templar came from France 😝
@AskiFin 7 жыл бұрын
7macfly2 Actually false, it was just French king that turned against them first. Nothing else is inherently "French" about them. Nor any nation as a matter of fact.
@ganderstein3426 7 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see an honest video, not vilifying these men that devoted their lives to God. The crooked pope and king feared these men, that's why they betrayed them.
@travishimebaugh8381 6 жыл бұрын
Well... we probably shouldn't put them too high on a pedestal. They were probably as money- and power- hungry as any other faction in Europe at that time, and charged usury at a time when it was considered very unChristian to do so. It's speculated that part of the reason King Philip was so paranoid about them is because he thought they might seize power to form their own nation, just as their brother order the Teutonic Knights did with Prussia.
@lindaclark9925 5 жыл бұрын
Yes that putz King Phillip ...
@HolyknightVader999 7 жыл бұрын
Most Templars survived outside of France by just joining other Knightly orders like the Hospitallers or the Teutonic Knights.
@MedievalSolutions 7 жыл бұрын
But the order itself was effectively destroyyed and torn apart.
@alexpt1527 6 жыл бұрын
The Grim POMMELER Like I commented before: " Portugal was the only country in Europe, that did not burn Templars. Templars existed in Portugal since the 1120's, but later on, in 1319, the Portuguese created the military "Order of Christ" (also called Christ's Knights Order) that was basically the former Knights Templar order but in Portugal with a different name and with the protection of the Portuguese King, after they were abolished in 1312 by the Pope. All the Templars who managed to survive their mass slaughter, came to Portugal and revived the order that would last at least 500 years more. From this point on, the Portuguese Empire relied heavily on the Templars during the Age of Discoveries who accumulated great riches and power. All the Portuguese ships during this time had the Templars/Order of Christ Cross on their sails. Portugal was a country who was basically established by Templars and that had a lot of experience fighting Islam and spreading Christianity from all of the years of "Reconquista" in the Iberian Peninsula and the Crusades in North of Africa and Asia. In the Reconquista, the first King of Portugal D. Afonso Henriques and his army with the aid of the Knights Templar, defeated the 5 Muslim Kings. The King itself, was brought up as a Templar when he was a kid. Legend states that Christ appeared before Afonso giving him and his men the strength to win against the Moors. Curious fact: 2 of the original 11 Templar Knights (not 9), were Portuguese. Portugal for me, is the perfect and true home of the Order of Templars."
@alexpt1527 6 жыл бұрын
The Grim POMMELER nope.
@HolyknightVader999 3 жыл бұрын
@@alexpt1527 Switzerland also welcomed them. Why do you think the Swiss are excellent bankers with a red flag and a white cross?
@allansbullet 3 жыл бұрын
@@HolyknightVader999 The flag of Switzerland is a RED FLAG WITH A WHITE CROSS!! Stupid comment!!
@shoddycast1455 7 жыл бұрын
wow not alot of anti Christian stuff proud of you KZfaq you grow up
@shoddycast1455 7 жыл бұрын
***** yeah u got alot of fake christains out there who forgot the real purpose of are faith
@shoddycast1455 7 жыл бұрын
Sean McVan calm down kid
@flankymerc1405 7 жыл бұрын
for the most part ? we are the only people of the world who preach peace and not peace through violence
@systempatcher 7 жыл бұрын
Hail Satan my dark Lord and master.
@flankymerc1405 6 жыл бұрын
lynn Lew facts christnas dont blow themself up and dont control the banks that inflate and control market that kills people that`s jews and muslims
@laidbackThunderLord 7 жыл бұрын
They seem to have a lot in common with the Jedi order. Looks like George Lucas got some ideas from real history.
@SteelTyrant527 6 жыл бұрын
dont forget the samurai and their die hard beliefs
@bernisweltredsun1245 4 жыл бұрын
fun fact: the knights templar were indeed an inspiration for the jedi.
@martinpearse2003 4 жыл бұрын
Well..."jedi Knight" sorta gives it away a bit
@piedpiper4588 4 жыл бұрын
@@martinpearse2003 Nope
@jessiepayne9217 3 жыл бұрын
@@bernisweltredsun1245 i said the same thing
@jadon3597 7 жыл бұрын
Time for a tenth crusade
@jordymysoginist9426 7 жыл бұрын
Ay buddy weve done it before well do it again. Islam.._ pfffft
@jambalaya201 7 жыл бұрын
We saw how that turned out.
@attilaapati2927 7 жыл бұрын
No, you did not.
@apacifistmachinegunner669 6 жыл бұрын
Death to Islam and its minions
@bruhmoments2992 6 жыл бұрын
HaHaHa Live with honor... Die with glory!
@the_diplomat51 7 жыл бұрын
Simon actually posted this on the day the Order was found. Well timed, good sir!
@newromanempire907 7 жыл бұрын
Hail Templars!!May God guide us!!!
@jameshilliard6026 7 жыл бұрын
Templar S DEUS VULT
@julianparker7596 7 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT
@DanJWR22 7 жыл бұрын
Templar S ASSASSINS CREED
@DanJWR22 7 жыл бұрын
Templar S Altair vs Templars
@OurUnitedCrusade 7 жыл бұрын
NON NOBIS DOMINE
@ramonbonilla-reyes323 7 жыл бұрын
now people get offended for saying there's only two genders.
@schweather2767 4 жыл бұрын
Ramon Bonilla-Reyes sad how far we’ve drawn back huh?
@ReegusReever 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't you be offended if someone told you your gender isn't real? Another dafty that doesn't know the difference between gender and sex.
@neuro3009 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not homophobic or anything and it's cool and I get it until some one is gay and or lesbian or bi but i don't understand it when you need to transform your sexuality to another gender (medically) isn't that too much. If I'm wrong enlighten me, educate me) ty
@aceraphael847 3 жыл бұрын
@@ReegusReever Can I tell you a secret, feelings lie all the time...labelling yourself based on your feelings is the stupidest thing. There are only 2 genders..the rest are just personality traits.
@ReegusReever 3 жыл бұрын
@@aceraphael847 Make that two, folks. ^
@MarcusQuintusTitus 7 жыл бұрын
It'd be nice to see one on the Teutons and the Hospitaliers as well.
@spacebory 5 жыл бұрын
Assassins creed fan here
@tomdewald1552 3 жыл бұрын
Been following you lately with delight and intrigue. Your cadence, clever wit, sarcasm and dare I say, accent are very easy on the ears. I dig how you segued each bit into the dialogue, vs random facts counted down. More of a complete story I suppose. Love your work. Thank you and keep it up.
@RickMitchellProvenanceAndRoots 7 жыл бұрын
Love how each item of this list led into the next. Good work!
@CaptainHaddocck 7 жыл бұрын
TopTenz, thanks for not making an anti christian video out of this. it is really popular in these days unfortunately
@shinobibobby7138 7 жыл бұрын
top ten facts of the crusades?
@shoddycast1455 7 жыл бұрын
Captain Haddock yep sad
@raphaelalexandreyensen6291 7 жыл бұрын
I have a complaint Number 5 is wrong, Not arrested, executed by being burned at the stake. at the stake in front of Notre dame including the grand master Jacques de Molay who as he burned at the stake said that the king of France and the pope (who sold him out after being blackmailed by the french king) would meet him in heaven with-in a year, thing is the pope got sick and died and the french king died in a hunting accident within a year or they were assassinated if you like conspiracy theory's. It's hard to tell.
@shoddycast1455 7 жыл бұрын
***** there was only cathloics and Greek orthodox
@kevinshamrok 7 жыл бұрын
protestants seem to have are time understanding what "christian" means
@rogeliomorales331 7 жыл бұрын
thank you I really needed this for my history project (:
@leonwp60 7 жыл бұрын
Rogelio Morales for your history project my grand mothers family name was Morales (from Tarragona, Spain)
@rogeliomorales331 7 жыл бұрын
Leon WP thank you really appreciate it (:
@550Benz 7 жыл бұрын
Rogelio Morales no one cares
@probablypublic1596 7 жыл бұрын
Im sure the uploader cares, do you know that nice feeling when you helped someone out?
@leonwp60 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah i care that Rogelio knows something of his family origin that he didnt before, seasons greetings to all.
@gortnewton4765 3 жыл бұрын
Loved it. An 8 minute history that now makes me want to read about the Knights Templar.
@markarmstrong3394 7 жыл бұрын
Great video ! I have been studying the Templar for yrs. Thank you
@crustycobs2669 3 жыл бұрын
Templars were popular in Portugal. Still legendary.
@southmancanham3275 7 жыл бұрын
Yyyyyyeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
@snowfall5060 4 жыл бұрын
I know all top ten videos cant be as seamless with each of the facts but this was really well done in my opinion.
@pandorasbox-xtremetruth9928 2 жыл бұрын
Great video.thank you
@andrewgodly5739 7 жыл бұрын
So Templar knights were really the only respectable knights of the medieval age. They actually could die as the Muslims didn't care for European rules. As in Europe it was against the law to kill a knight if you were below their status. They also devoutly followed what they believe and gave up all their wealth for it. To bad the crusades is shrouded with controversy as the Templar knights seemed to be the most charitable of nobility. Although, some of them may have joined just to quench their blood-thirst or Muslim prejudices
@kanejarrett1671 6 жыл бұрын
I don't see what the controversy is, Islam has no claim to Jerusalem.
@MrAcrobot 7 жыл бұрын
I know this might have nothing to do with the Knights Templar, but 'May the Father of Understanding guide us'
@insanearsonist264 7 жыл бұрын
MrAcrobot assassin's creed refrences
@julianparker7596 7 жыл бұрын
Ubisoft as a French company seeks to ruin the name of the Templars. DEUS VULT
@spawnofchaos9422 7 жыл бұрын
MrAcrobot I would prefered if in assassin's creed,the vilains were called Illuminatis and not templars
@scottpedroley5851 7 жыл бұрын
Alexi Boulos They are both different also!
@kanejarrett1671 6 жыл бұрын
May The Father Of Understanding Guide Us.
@digitalranger4259 5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video!
@fabianvalentine2366 6 жыл бұрын
Great video man
@TobyCantrell 6 жыл бұрын
WOW, not even a reference to Jauque DeMolay
@mglamarmd1 7 жыл бұрын
I believe you have misinterpreted the symbol of two Knights on one horse. The Knights were 'poor', but the two men on a horse does not signify their vow of poverty. The Knights were both Warriors and Monks. Their Rule & Order spell it all out quite clearly. The two men on the one horse signifies their dual nature of being both soldier and clergy.
@cerhart7172 3 жыл бұрын
It also is a symbol of their commitment to one another in all things.
@troytooke1617 3 жыл бұрын
This statement is incorrect. Templars did in deed share a horse as a symbolic gesture of poverty.
@cerhart7172 3 жыл бұрын
@@troytooke1617 - only in the early years as a matter of symbolism, and never in military situations. To ride two-up in battle was suicidal as well as disproven by their actual battle line and strategies.
@mglamarmd1 3 жыл бұрын
I was Knighted in this Order and the story I shared is what the Prior shared when I was dubbed. Feel free to argue amongst yourselves as to what else it signifies.
@cerhart7172 3 жыл бұрын
@@mglamarmd1 - I was also Knighted into this Order, and my father was Priory Commander. You are describing the Ritual truth as opposed to the historical facts. The documentation of the Battle Orders from the Holy Land still exists in several museums and archives, and was even available in some of the books I had access to when I was an active Knight. I strongly advise you to do a little research.
@grayrook2406 7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video top tenz.
@rev.stephena.cakouros948 7 жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff thanks
@NinjaKuma 7 жыл бұрын
A few escaped, spent their time underground to consolidate their resources and eventually formed brotherhood and coorporations, Abstergo being the largest, and eventually taking over the world.
@maddtaggz 7 жыл бұрын
Ninja Kuma - Let's Plays, Reactions, Parodies i see what you did there
@Burning_Alive 6 жыл бұрын
Ninja Kuma - Let's Plays, Reactions, Meme's I'm not a big fan of assassins creeds story so no this is not funny
@jefferygory9852 6 жыл бұрын
Hey s
@travishimebaugh8381 6 жыл бұрын
No, they became the International Money Council from Don Rosa's Scrooge McDuck comics
@leaveme3559 6 жыл бұрын
Illuminati....?
@supremacysammy3173 7 жыл бұрын
You recently made a Toptenz video about samurai. So now make a top 10 facts about *Senran Kagura!*
@terminator572 7 жыл бұрын
RobotSammyTheSupreme!The true evil lord! Sammy i hate anime but… i am with you there.
@supremacysammy3173 7 жыл бұрын
then spread the word!
@ravenlord4 7 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a companion piece "top 10 conspiracy theories about the Knights Templar"
@Bumeism 7 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Love it.
@TheGolfdaily 7 жыл бұрын
MERRY CHRISTMAS Everybody! (and screw those who says; Happy Holidays)
@SungeTong 7 жыл бұрын
TheGolfdaily and Xmas
@probablypublic1596 7 жыл бұрын
XMAS > Happy Holidays. In xmas the x stands for christ.
@shmuelp4504 7 жыл бұрын
TheGolfdaily, Why screw us? We don't know which holiday you celebrate, but since you do Merry Christmas! :) Shalom!
@TheGolfdaily 7 жыл бұрын
Sergei Peptoddov You can Shalom me as much as you want buddy. I have no reasons to be offended.
@jakew520 7 жыл бұрын
TheGolfdaily Nobody cares what annoys you e-loser
@thaddeussampsel7357 7 жыл бұрын
Assassins creed ruining the name of the templars lol btw whats the movie name at number 8?
@the_diplomat51 7 жыл бұрын
Thaddeus Sampsel Its Arn The Knight Templar. There is one here on youtube, thankfully
@bates-re9kd 7 жыл бұрын
Have you ever played any assassins creed game you dipshit ?
@the_diplomat51 7 жыл бұрын
DORK Assassin's Creed is enjoyable, but if you consider that game as your basis of history, consider yourself delusional... The man's right, AC ruined the true image of Templars, further worsening the constant usage of them as villains...
@NeoShineLP 7 жыл бұрын
Avernal79 They also want peace but believe that humanity just simply cant achieve that so they want full power with th eden piece and control humanity for peace in AC. The Assassins also want peace but in another way thats why they fight. IRL the Assassins were the real villains. A bit like an ancient ISIS.
@bates-re9kd 7 жыл бұрын
NeoShineLP definietly !
@bootlegga69 7 жыл бұрын
Sweet video, nice Age of Empires shout out!
@dreamlover4128 4 жыл бұрын
History is so fascinating!
@nicolobarrera9390 7 жыл бұрын
WE MUST RECLAIM JERUSALEM
@magnuscoles5010 7 жыл бұрын
xX_SHOTGUNNY _Xx Jerusalem is already in your hands
@milesgregory8442 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah the Zionist set up the State of Israel which is pretty much in the west' pocket.
@tlrjon6375 7 жыл бұрын
so are you trying to renew the order, create an order, talking to the pope or just being part of youtubes army of pep talkers who don't do it. People LIVE there. AND have died there while being Christian AND Arabic. Thousands of CHRISTIAN arabs were killed by both Seljuks, European Lords (who nobody really ever blames *cough* *cough*), followed up by the Mongols. How bout we give the Levant a break??
@HVH777 7 жыл бұрын
Read albert pikes letters. Ww3 will be a religious war.
@shelbyhughes3201 7 жыл бұрын
The Zionist Jews or any Jews are NOT Israelites!
@OzzyCrescat 7 жыл бұрын
No plate armour at that time sorry, except a bit at the very end (beginning of 14th century)
@scottpedroley5851 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a better perspective and putting the Templars in a more positive light than some of the crap that's out there.
@JudeNance 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks 😊
@ahmedshimi4401 7 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas To All and happy new year
@yepperdeedooda 7 жыл бұрын
It's so hard to believe that there were actually Europeans that awesome.
@13Lictor 7 жыл бұрын
Ксения Ковалевская Really? Spartans? Romans? Vikings? Celts? I could go on and on
@yepperdeedooda 7 жыл бұрын
Conor Mooney It's hard to believe judging by the way they act today. That's the point. not that there weren't great ones before.
@masis6045 7 жыл бұрын
Ксения Ковалевская the women were great back in the day as well now they just want to suck for a buck
@yepperdeedooda 7 жыл бұрын
Masi S yum yum
@masis6045 7 жыл бұрын
Ксения Ковалевская I think I've somewhat proved my point
@somebody3143 5 жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying this series. Thanks for making it available to everyone! Question: did all of the money end up in the hands of Heads of State and a select, few, super rich people? Well, besides the Pope/Vatican of course!
@metalmatt3431 3 жыл бұрын
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the Templars, I have 3 Templar crosses on 2 of my 5 rings
@SniperFallen06 7 жыл бұрын
Ave Maria! Deus Vult!
@filhodarosa7512 3 жыл бұрын
The Templars survived in Portugal, where they were renamed the Order of Christ. The Templar Cross is also known in Portugal as the Portuguese Cross.
@fredrikandersson9031 7 жыл бұрын
OMG! I love Arn Tempelriddaren (Knight Templar). Those are some of my favourite movies ever. just under Lord of The Rings and the Hobbit trilogies. Maybe the six first movies of Star Warst though.
@MrSwagooters 7 жыл бұрын
>"Decked head to toe in heavy plate steel armor" >everyone in the shot is wearing chainmail, plate wasn't even invented >Ave Maria.jpg
@juliusgallardo7311 7 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT NON NOMINUS DOMINAE!
@skiteufr 7 жыл бұрын
The picture of the King of France was not Philip IV of France but Philip IV of Spain, centuries later...
@connorbrink4706 6 жыл бұрын
skiteufr I don't know if the ability to spot a Habsburg jaw makes me cool or irredeemably lame
@kathiewippel987 6 жыл бұрын
I noticed the jaw also.
@Guyfromfakeland 5 жыл бұрын
RIP
@dingusdingus2152 3 жыл бұрын
Pity the poor schmuck who had to paint the portraits of the hapsburgs and make the likenesses flattering (such as for example Velazquez who looks really depressed in his own self portrait included in his painting 'Las meninas')
@sumone9920 2 жыл бұрын
Research and being one makes a huge difference on the knowledge of their history… your welcome, love my family native and Templars past and present.
@geruner 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@CarlosRios1 7 жыл бұрын
Isn't he the guy from the Today I found out channel?
@masterjedi7648 4 жыл бұрын
During that era if you owned a sword and a horse you would be considered wealthy. Therefore the individual knights who owned horses, swords and armor were rich by contemporary standards
@jimellison777 5 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO.............
@electricspark5271 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@Seekarr 7 жыл бұрын
Nope, formalized banking first existed in the Bronze ages, beginning about 4000 years ago. Mycenaean era palaces effectively acted as giant banks. And the bank note system used by the crusaders looks to be adopted through silk road merchant bankers who had been using the system since the 8th century, originating in China. The first modern banks began in Renaissance Italy, and most successfully by the Medici dynasty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiable_instrument en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_banking#Medieval_Europe (and check the main article)
@griexdast 7 жыл бұрын
he is talking bout the first formal banking system being recognize internationally. maybe we can say that the modern style of banking system coming from them... mortgage, an innovative check, etc. Which making them richer like modern bank nowadays. well but the word invented bank tick me off too.
@NeMeSis7PT 2 жыл бұрын
When the French king and the pope ordered the templars execution, most of them came to Portugal for protection, portuguese king D. Dinis gave them protection against the pope orders, and they were renamed the order of Christ, Portugal is a templar nation, nowadays they still have a templar castle in Tomar city of Portugal. The 1st king of Portugal D Afonso Henriques was a templar knight himself. Templars were all over Europe in 1300, it’s wrong to say they were only French and lived in France.
@antoinemozart243 2 жыл бұрын
It IS their leaders the kng of France targeted.
@philcarson6731 2 жыл бұрын
Didn't some seek safety in Scotland ?
@NeMeSis7PT 2 жыл бұрын
@@philcarson6731 yes probably, a big part came to Portugal, but some of them ran away to other European countries away from France cos the Portuguese invite for protection didn’t reach all of them in time. They were all over Europe not only in France, but their leader and headquarters was in France before the execution orders.
@DavidFernandez-sc5ws 6 жыл бұрын
"Hello I'm Simon Whistler..." Subcribed.
@elsololopo6115 7 жыл бұрын
Hi! nice video, cool facts and all :) will definetly watch your channel! thanks for the awesome work! But just wanted to add that at 3:30 when talking about french King Philippe 4 "le Bel" (1268-1314) you put a portrait of Philippe 4 of Spain (1605-1665), so...i dont know if its possible to fix this or not but just wanted you to know :) have a great day!
@LemonChieff 7 жыл бұрын
PRAISE THE SUN \[T]/
@jacobtanner3544 7 жыл бұрын
Lemon Chief Her Radiance's breath will carry us across the stars to salvation
@dylan6091 6 жыл бұрын
You fool... falling for Gwin's lies. Embrace the dark!
@im_hill4501 7 жыл бұрын
Next video! Knights Hospitaller? #TopTenz
@Uahmedtahaalnady 7 жыл бұрын
the Wahhabi extremist & the source of Wahhabi bloody heretic ideology ... also the role of Lawrence of Arabia
@Matbronk 5 жыл бұрын
@TopTenz, thank you so much for your very informative and interesting posts! Please just note that the image in #6 is that of Philip IV of Spain (House of Habsburg, a few centuries later...) not of Philip IV of France (House of Capet). Thanks again!
@franklewis3536 7 жыл бұрын
omg. your historical accuracy is uncanny especially for a KZfaq video kudos well done
@franklewis3536 7 жыл бұрын
only discretion templars who confessed were usually spared but imprisoned for life.
@siveth8149 7 жыл бұрын
DEVS VVLT
@ivanahug2509 7 жыл бұрын
Siveth I knew there would be one ..thank u
@NoobGaming-uy4tl 5 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT
@timeisapathwalkingtounderstand 5 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT !
@Al-hm7oc 7 жыл бұрын
10 "They basically invented Banks" Mesopotamia: ... Greece: ... Egypt: ... Rome: .... India: ... China: .....
@griexdast 7 жыл бұрын
formal bank systems. maybe u should check your ear... on second though... yeah i need to check my ear too, since the word invented tick me off too..... he is talking bout the first formal banking system being recognize internationally. maybe we can say that the modern style of banking system coming from them... mortgage, an innovative check, etc. Which making them richer like modern bank nowadays.
@Jammil2477 7 жыл бұрын
There is a very easy to read and concise history of the crusades called Deus Vult. Well worth the read as it gives a better understanding of how things happened and why. Also Stefan Molyneux did a great vid on the crusades too.
@Brainchild69 7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting.
@carsonianthegreat4672 5 жыл бұрын
The Templars still exist. They were absorbed into the Knights Hospitaller which is now known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. They still pledge their allegiance to the Pope.
@DrBeak-gl2np 3 жыл бұрын
I hear that there is an order in the US and another called the Order of Christ. Which is the real one?
@MrAcrobot 7 жыл бұрын
age of empires lol. I know this isnt in 2 but Wololo wololo aiyo yo!
@vipondiu 7 жыл бұрын
Realistically, it's probably too long for a T-shirt but I want "I will charge into battle first and stay there until everything around me is either dead or currently having its face cleaved in two by a two-handed broadsword" on my next T-shirt
@ChiisaiBunnyBunny 7 жыл бұрын
Bonus points for mentioning Age of Empires! :-)
@trey5747 7 жыл бұрын
1st like
@TobyCantrell 6 жыл бұрын
So um... no one knows that they are part of FreeMasonry? No? Ok then...
@leemason5953 6 жыл бұрын
Simon the templars are still around today, Portugal and Malta.
@rosekingey3824 7 жыл бұрын
Thankyoux
@jackj9816 7 жыл бұрын
Assassins creed just got to real
@aht9140 7 жыл бұрын
Jack J it was real
@jackj9816 7 жыл бұрын
+AHT not all of it haha
@thearizonarangerwiththebig3874 7 жыл бұрын
Jack J they were real,they were called hashinshins,and they've had killed some knights of templars
@templarking6819 7 жыл бұрын
The Unknown cause they were high off drugez
@travishimebaugh8381 6 жыл бұрын
No, no, no... we have no evidence that Templars ever met Assassins on the battlefield. And the Hashashin considered their chief enemy of the Third Crusade to be Saladin- if they ever interacted with Templars, it would have made much more sense to be allies than enemies. The Hashashin definitely targeted a few Crusaders, like Conrad of Montferrat (and one possible hypothesis is that his death was commissioned by Richard Lionheart himself), but for the most part they used their assassination techniques against local rulers in the Muslim world. The list of their assassinations includes far more sultans and caliphs than it does European Crusaders, and that list contains no Templars as far as I'm aware.
@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9 7 жыл бұрын
Totally innocent? Simon, you have no clue what you're talking about.
@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9 7 жыл бұрын
Who are you addressing?
@AndHesNameIsJohnCena 7 жыл бұрын
Kissai Sith Jen'ari Well they are innocent
@ruthdeceus7557 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@5EJLM 7 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video about The Knights of Saint John, The Teutonic Knights, and The Knights of Malta
@torinjones3221 7 жыл бұрын
so the templars were actually good guys unless you believe assassins creed
@agent.-_-5846 7 жыл бұрын
Assassins creed is a fantasy game..
@Melodeath00 5 жыл бұрын
@Nicholas EnnosFactually wrong. They were considered the very best of the best of the European forces, both militarily and morally. Saladin killed all Templars (and Hospitalliers) he captured at Hattin, because he considered them a military threat. They were so effective on the battlefield, that he made sure they couldn't be ransomed off and rejoin another Crusader army. There is also no historical record of the Knightly orders taking part in any unprovoked raids/slaughter of civilization or anything else. In fact, there's a lot of sources that claim the opposite, that the Knights of the Orders generally were the most honourable and agreeable of the Europeans, including protecting Muslim visitors to Crusader controlled Jerusalem from harassment from the more zealous/radical Chrstians, which usually were the ones who had freshly arrived from Europe. If it wasn't obvious enough, the portrayal of Templars as villains in AC or Kingdom of Heaven, is extremely ahistorical.
@crpth1 4 жыл бұрын
For someone coming from "assassins creed". Have these details in mind. The reason why their're portrayed so badly is indeed very simple. For someone who knows a minimum of history. You have Portuguese on one side (Templar) and Castilian (Spanish) on the other! All packed on a French publication. ;-) It's that simple!! The rest is just business as usual.
@MMorgattto 7 жыл бұрын
maybe "they could quote the bible backwards" wasnt the best of examples when defending them of heresy
@SelfProclaimedEmperor 7 жыл бұрын
LOL
@MarekUtd 4 жыл бұрын
We could really use them today. Wish they came back
@josephsepulveda8819 5 жыл бұрын
The mustard stains and beards had me laughing
@bepizz6680 6 жыл бұрын
Nothing is true everything is permitted
@thiccboi2158 7 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT!!
@Hades1197 7 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the video very much, thanks for making it. Super interesting I had no clue about some of these. However, number 7 was actually the catholic church trying to save them from persecution in France and standing against the persecution because the french monarch of the time had meany reason to benefit from their destruction. Also the crossing boarders thing wasn't that big of an issue in the middle east because the country either would kill them no matter the law or was glad to accept them in to the country for help.
@mikarx2292 6 жыл бұрын
soooooo much important info left out
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