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Alet-les-Bains, Aude, Languedoc, France.
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Ruined Abbey - Cathedral
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Alet-les-Bains, Aude, Languedoc, France.
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Ruined Abbey - Cathedral
William Marshal
International star jouster.
According to Stephen Langton the “best knight that ever lived.”
The “flower of chivalry”, known throughout Europe as ‘The Marshal’.
1st Earl of Pembroke.
Builder of great castles in Normandy, England, Ireland and Wales, including Pembroke Castle and Chepstow Castle.
Favourite of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Loyal friend to five Plantagenet kings – The Young Henry, Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III (and knighted two of them).
Regent of England.
In his 70's funded and personally led an army against overwhelming odds, winning the Battle of Lincoln and saving England from becoming a French kingdom.
Reissued Magna Carta on behalf of the infant Henry III under his own initiative, and under his own seal, in 1206 and 1207, to end the civil war after the death of King John. (This is the one that is the “Magna Carta” of English Law, not the one of 1215 which had been annulled)
Joined the Knights Templar just days before his death in 1219 (which is why he was buried in Temple Church - see photo of his tomb effigy damaged by bombing in the Second World War)
The most egregiously underrated man in history?
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The demon Asmodeus, supporting the holy water stoup in the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene Rennes-le-Château, Languedoc, France.
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One of the curious features of this mysterious church, refurbished by Bérenger Saunière.
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon Templar Commandery, Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, Aveyron, France.
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After1158, Raymond Béranger, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona, gave the town of Sainte-Eulalie, and the surrounding area (the "Larzac") to Élie de Monbrun. Soon afterwards the Templers fortified the area from their new Commandery at Sainte-Eulalie.
Their properties passed to the Hospitallers in 1312. The present ramparts were built between 1442 and 1450. The town and Commandery was originally called Sainte-Eulalie-du-Larzac, but in 1889, it was renamed Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, The inhabitants are officially called Saint-Eulaliens, but in Occitan they are still called Cristoulis, a reference to the town's past as the home to the Soldiers of Christ (Templars, then Hospitallers)
La Couvertoirade, Aveyron department, on the Larzac plateau, France.
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From the twelfth century this fortified town was owned by the Knights Templar Commandery of Sainte-Eulalie. The Templars built a fortress here, though its two upper floors have since been removed. Following their dissolution in 1312, the Templars' property in the causses was taken over by the Knights Hospitaller (or Knights of St John of Jerusalem) who were responsible for building the curtain wall at La Couvertoirade between 1439 and 1450.
The Chinon Parchment is a document discovered in September, 2001, by Barbara Frale, an Italian paleographer at the Vatican Secret Archives. On the basis of the Parchment, she has claimed that, in 1308, Pope Clement V absolved the last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, and the rest of the leadership of the Knights Templar from charges brought against them by the Medieval Inquisition.
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The Parchment is dated August 17–20, 1308, at Chinon, France, and was written by three Cardinals: Bérenger Fredoli, Etienne de Suisy and Landolfo Brancacci. The Vatican keeps an authentic copy with reference number Archivum Arcis Armarium D 218, the original having the number D 217.
The existence of this document had long been assumed. In the bull Faciens misericordiam, promulgated in August of 1308, Clement V explained that Templar leaders were supposed to be brought to Poitiers in order to be questioned by the Pope himself, but "since some of them were so unwell at that time that they could not ride and could not by any means be brought into our (i.e. the Pope's) presence" three cardinals were sent out to perform the necessary inquires at Chinon. The commissioned envoys were instructed to create an official record of their investigations and, according to the bull, upon returning they presented the Pope with "the confessions and testimonies of the aforementioned Master and Commanders written down as spoken as a legal record by notarial attestation." In addition, a letter written by the three cardinals to King Philip IV, in which they inform him of the absolution granted to the high-ranking officers of the Knights Templar (published by Étienne Baluze).
Tour Magdala, Rennes-le-Château, Languedoc, France.
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The Tour Magdala (Magdala Tower) was built by the Abbé Saunière shortly after the renovation of the village church (around the year 1900) . This tower is built on the model of medieval towers, overlooking more than twenty villages. It is connected by a walkway to a glass tower also built by Sauniere. He had the Tour Magdala built as his library and place of meditation, but it has now become emblematic of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château.
La Couvertoirade, Aveyron, France.
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La Couvertoirade is located on the Larzac plateau. The Templars built the fortress here during the 12th and 13th centuries, under the Commandery of nearby Sainte-Eulalie, Following the Templars dissolution in 1312, Templar property in France was taken by the Hospitallers (Knights of St John of Jerusalem). The Hospitallers were responsible for building the curtain wall at La Couvertoirade between 1439 and 1450.