Medieval Knight Templar Geocoin
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Owner:
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Wilhelmus14
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Released:
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
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Origin:
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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In the hands of SlightlyMango.
This is not collectible.
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This Geocoin likes to follow the tracks of the Crusaders all the way to the Temple of Jerusalem, and visit all places were nowadays Knights Templar can be found.
Visit the Templars website at: http://www.osmth.org/
A Brief History of the Medieval Knights Templar
The medieval Knights Templar, best known to us today as the famed warriors of the Crusades, were a devout military religious Order that uniquely combined the roles of knight and monk in a way the Western medieval world had never seen before. Originally they were known as the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, or, more simply, as the Knights Templar. In a famous letter written in the 1130s, In Praise of the New Knighthood, St Bernard of Clairvaux elevated the Templar Order above all other Orders of the day, establishing the image of the Templars as a fierce spiritual militia for Christ. He regarded them as a "new species of knighthood, previously unknown in the secular world..." To him, they were a unique combination of knight and monk; to later historians, they were the first military order, soon imitated by the Knights Hospitaller, by several Spanish orders and, by the end of the 12th century, by the Teutonic Knights. As a holy militia fighting for Christ, the Templars were willing to put aside the usual temptations of ordinary secular life for an arduous, dedicated life of service. Ever since then, the legacy of the Templars has been, first and foremost, the concept of service.
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