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The Templars: a brief history

Helen J Nicholson, a specialist in the history of the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitalier, shares a brief history of the medieval order of military monks

The burning of Templars, from ‘De casibus virorum illustrium’ by Giovanni Boccaccio. Found in the collection of the British Library. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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