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The Knights Templar were tasked with protecting Christian pilgrims following the First Crusade, but soon gained vast amounts of military and financial power. When you purchase through links on our ...

Though their order was dissolved more than 700 years ago, the Knights Templar have continued to cast a spell over the world. Terrorists and drug cartels evoke them. Dan Brown’s mega-bestseller The Da ...

KNIGHTFALL on the History Channel is the new drama about the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar were a group of Christian monks who fought in the Crusades of the Middle Ages. But where is Knightfall ...