The Knights Templar - Heath
They were given land in the early 13th Century
The knights Templar
The knights Templar were holy knights. There were 9 founding knights. They also created the first banking system.
How are the knights Templar linked to Wetherby?
The Knights Templar is linked to Wetherby because in 1240 they created the Wetherby market, where local people could go and shop and look around. The market is located in the middle of the town hall. It goes on every Thursday and Sunday. It is still going on to this day 800 hundred years later. That is how the Knights Templar is linked to Wetherby. They also wrote the first historical written records about Wetherby.
The Crusades
The crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by popes and Christian western powers to take Jerusalem and the holy land back from the Muslim control and then defend those gains. There where eight major official crusades between 1095 & 1270, as well as many more unofficial ones.
Facts
Eventually most of the knights were either tortured, arrested or executed because people started to believe in the Knights Templar more than God.
The knights Templar was created in 1096.
They were the first people to write historical records of Wetherby.
The Knights Templar ended around the 1300's.
Where were the members found?
They could be found in the Middle East, Cyprus, France, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and Croatia.
Refuge
Knights Templar took refuge in England because at the time the king made a rule that all the activities in the rest of Europe were banned.
Their way of life
The Rule of Life, as the Templar set of instructions were called, was written by Bernard of Clairvoyant, the order’s founder., instead upholding justice, defending the weak, and avoiding unnecessary violence. While the Templar were warriors, they were also monks, and like most orders of monks.