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Origin and Development of the Knights Templar
A historical overview tracing the rise of the Knights Templar from a nine-member guard formed in 1119 to protect pilgrims en route to Jerusalem, their shelter at the Temple Mount, and their rapid spread across Christendom. It covers leadership, growth, wealth, trials, and later myths about connections to modern Freemasonry, plus early American Templar practices and organizational gaps before the Grand Encampment era.
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Jerusalem
Europe
Holy City
Genervble Pattner
Hugh de Payens
Godfrey de St. Aldemar
Roral
Gondemar
Godfery Bisol
Payens de Montidier
Arcibald de St. Ariana
Andrew de Montbar
Count de Provence
Jesus
Baldwin III
Temple
Mount Morelah
Temple of Solomon
Jesus Christ
Knight Templars
Baldwin
Knights Templars
Godfrey St. Aldemar
St. Omer
Cross
Slogh de Payens
the Cross
Church of Christ
Christendom
England
France
Clement VI
Kelly
Jacques de Molay
Palestine
Addison
Order of the Temple
Order of Christian Knights
Murray Lyon
Grand Lodge of Scotland
William James Hughan
Grand Lodge of
William Gould
Gould
Freemasonry
Knights Templar
Alice
Hughan
Hiurope
Templars
V. J. B. McLeod Moore
Canada
James H. Hopkins
Knight T. &. Parvin
Grand
Thomas Smith Webb
King Solomon's Temple
Holy Sepulcher
United States
Scotland
Ireland
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Robert Macey
Templar
T. Andrew's Chapter
Royal Arch
Massachusetts
St. Andrew's
Royal Arch Lodge
Mason's Hall
Knight Templar
Great Britain
William Davis
S J. Andrew's Lodge
Red Cross Order
Kilwinning Lodge
Companion of the Red Cross
Knight of Malta
Red Cross
St. Andrew's Lodge
Charleston
South Carolina
Frederic Speed
Webb
St. Andrew's Royal Arch Lodge
Knights of the Red Cross
Benjamin Hurd, Jr
Portland
St. John's Commandery
Providence
Rhode Island
Masonry