The Knights of the Crusades

The knights templars were a religious military order of the catholic church during the time of the crusades. The original purpose was to serve as protectors for pilgrims who were on ther way to the holy lands. They ended up playing key military roles in various battles all f the crusades, sometimes serving as canelic shock troopers. Their non warriors also played a kind of key role during the s,. managing the movement of funds across the vast distances and setting up a kind of proto banking system. So they became powerful, they made powerful enemies. And as the crusades failed, they ended up taking a lot of blame.