Research resources
Please use the links below (as well as any other sources that you have found) for researching character development and the times of which your character was a part. Please do not base your characters or historical knoweldge on fiction such as the Da Vinci Code or National Treasure!
General medieval history links
Quill Pens - writing implements
Medieval European Costume links page
Islamic contributions to medieval Europe
The Knights Templar overview
Were the Knights Templar good? (discussion)
The Knights Templar - Barbara Frale
List of the Grand Masters
The link between the Templar cross and St George
The arrests of, and accusations against the Templars (also see the documents transcriptions)
List of accusations against the Templars
General overview
Jacques De Molay
The Trial Of The Templars In The British Isles
The Trial Of The Templars in Cyprus
Debate on The Trial Of The Templars 1307 - 1314
Demise of the Templars (includes some speculative angles on the causes)
The origins of the Knights Templar
The Lost Fleet/ La Rochelle
La Rochelle and the Templars
The size of the Fleet at La Rochelle (discussion)
The Templars and women
The Knights Templar ban on females (discussion)
Templar Sisters (discussion)
Transcriptions of Templar related documents
In Praise of the New Knighthood
(a letter Bernard of Clairvaux sent to Hugues de Payens in support of the Templar order.)
The Rule of the Knights Templar 1128
Omne Datum Optimum (Papal Bull) Latin & English
The Chinon Parchement (overview on Vatican website)
The Chinon Parchement (transcription/ translation from original Latin)
The Knights Templar Prayer (in Latin and English)
Vox In Excelso: issued by Pope Clement V in 1312
Ad Providam: issued by Pope Clement V in 1312
Licet Dudum - 1312
Considerantes 6th May, 1312.
Nuper in Concilio 16th May, 1312
Licet Pridem 13 Jan 1313
Templar-related Masonic history/legends (also see Rosslyn)
Robert Lomas' website
Legends and speculation about the Knights Templar
The Sword &The Grail by Andrew Sinclair
The Ark Of the Covenant by Graham Phillips
The Knights Templar at Bannockburn
Rosslyn links
Rosslyns Pillars & Cubes
The Rosslyn Templars
Reccomended Templar-based films/ books
Christian mysteries links
First ever portrait of Jesus?
God's wife edited out of the Bible?
Other useful links
The Koran
Quill Pens - writing implements
Medieval European Costume links page
Islamic contributions to medieval Europe
The Knights Templar overview
Were the Knights Templar good? (discussion)
The Knights Templar - Barbara Frale
List of the Grand Masters
The link between the Templar cross and St George
The arrests of, and accusations against the Templars (also see the documents transcriptions)
List of accusations against the Templars
General overview
Jacques De Molay
The Trial Of The Templars In The British Isles
The Trial Of The Templars in Cyprus
Debate on The Trial Of The Templars 1307 - 1314
Demise of the Templars (includes some speculative angles on the causes)
The origins of the Knights Templar
The Lost Fleet/ La Rochelle
La Rochelle and the Templars
The size of the Fleet at La Rochelle (discussion)
The Templars and women
The Knights Templar ban on females (discussion)
Templar Sisters (discussion)
Transcriptions of Templar related documents
In Praise of the New Knighthood
(a letter Bernard of Clairvaux sent to Hugues de Payens in support of the Templar order.)
The Rule of the Knights Templar 1128
Omne Datum Optimum (Papal Bull) Latin & English
The Chinon Parchement (overview on Vatican website)
The Chinon Parchement (transcription/ translation from original Latin)
The Knights Templar Prayer (in Latin and English)
Vox In Excelso: issued by Pope Clement V in 1312
Ad Providam: issued by Pope Clement V in 1312
Licet Dudum - 1312
Considerantes 6th May, 1312.
Nuper in Concilio 16th May, 1312
Licet Pridem 13 Jan 1313
Templar-related Masonic history/legends (also see Rosslyn)
Robert Lomas' website
Legends and speculation about the Knights Templar
The Sword &The Grail by Andrew Sinclair
The Ark Of the Covenant by Graham Phillips
The Knights Templar at Bannockburn
Rosslyn links
Rosslyns Pillars & Cubes
The Rosslyn Templars
Reccomended Templar-based films/ books
Christian mysteries links
First ever portrait of Jesus?
God's wife edited out of the Bible?
Other useful links
The Koran
