The Templars were founded to protect Christian pilgrims to Christ’s tomb in Jerusalem
There’s something about the Templars. Unlike any of the other orders of holy knights of the crusades, the Templars are seen as heroic, romantic heroes, fighting the good fight, sacrificing everything in the service of good against evil. They appear in everything from bestselling novels to movies and computer games. But how much of their legend is based in reality? Dan Jonesseparates fact from fiction for us in our cover feature this issue (p28), and finds that the former is even more of a gripping yarn than the latter.