In 1361 the Danish King Valdemar's troops approached the city walls of Visby, Gotland. Meanwhile, a young woman named Sigrid was leaving tracks all over the place leading to the whereabouts of a ...

For almost two hundred years, the Knights Templar were one of the most fearsome military forces in the world. Despite their strict vows of individual poverty, the Order was a global financial ...

In this video, which is part of our day in the life series, we discuss what it was like to be a member of the elite fighting force of the day. Taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, they ...

The emblem of the Knights Templar, from the Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris, 13th century. British Library Royal MS 14 C VII, fol 42v. Wiki Commons. Less than 25 years after the fall of Acre in May ...