THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR: BANKERS AND WARRIORS

Episode 14 - Human History — Groups & MovementsIn this History episode we focus on the Knights Templar — warrior monks who protected Christian pilgrims, invented the bank check, and built a financial network that spanned the known world.This episode covers their founding on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, how they became richer and more powerful than most European kings, and how a French monarch who owed them money had every one of them arrested on a single Friday morning in 1307.The date was Friday the 13th. And it may be why that date still feels ominous today.#HistoryMystery #KnightsTemplar #MedievalHistory #HistoryPodcast #Friday13th