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107: The Knights Templar, Part I

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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Bernard of Clairvaux: A Christian Warrior Knight

Hugh of Pail, he came to the Middle East as many nights did as many noble men did for pilgrimage and also because swords were needed. He and his knights stayed and they elected him as the head of this new order. But they didn't have a charter of bodyguards. And so King Baldwin II was like, all right, we've got these knights and they live in the Temple Mount and they're being bodyguards and they're wanting to be a holy order.

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