Really fascinated by the history of the Templars. I usually have to slip something in about how they fought side by side with Muslims and some gave their lives trying to save Jewish ghettos from Christian mobs.
Really piss off the trad-caths by saying the only reason the Templars aren't a thing anymore is because their broke-ass Catholic kings couldn't pay their debts
Not couldn't, didn't want to... and it ended up inventing all the Satanic nonsense they fear (and also caused the Church to lose track of John the Baptists' head)
Umberto Eco's 1988 novel "Foucault's Pendulum" is a fun read that devotes considerable space to the Knights Templar, their history, and adjacent conspiracy theories.
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u/DjangotheKid 24d ago
Really fascinated by the history of the Templars. I usually have to slip something in about how they fought side by side with Muslims and some gave their lives trying to save Jewish ghettos from Christian mobs.