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Templar swords were not only used to attack and defend, but were the faithful companion of the Knight Templar, in the day to day. They handle cross-shaped, a straight blade, double-edged tip, designed and built with hardened steel, tough and resilient allowing penetration through the mesh dimensions of the enemy.

Templar Sword Fighting

The total weight of the Templar sword was a kilo and a half, be handled with two hands, hence the name "Claymore", but the balance, perfect four fingers of the hand grip, made it a weapon of extraordinary effectiveness, both to attack, how to defend, especially in opposition to the curves and short arms of the Arab warriors, such as scimitars.

Templar Sword to Fight

The Knights Templar not only took the path of religion, but also the path of weapons for altruistic purposes, protection of the weak and defenders of human values, amid a path of sacrifice and renunciation, only monks and warriors could take.

Sword of the Crusader Knights

Literature, the great deeds and, especially, la industria cinematográfica de Hollywood, has always resorted to the subject of the Templars because its box office success is assured. It is an issue “never go out of style” and about which many legends have been told, many lies and many truths.

Sword of the Knights of the Sky

The “Milites Templi” was the big Military Order of the Temple was founded in 1119 French knights of noblemen, led by its first Master, Hugo de Payens, as a brotherhood with vows care, which added another military type, to defend the pilgrims in Jerusalem. Baldwin II of Jerusalem gave them a residence located on the ancient Temple of Solomon, thus adopting the name of Templars.

Sword Grand Master of the Temple

And 1127 the order was recognized by Pope Honorius III and the following year, under the protection of the Cistercians, As a rule adopted a modified version of the Benedictine. Through the support of San Bernardo, to which he devoted his famous “De laude militiae nova ad milites Templi”, Important donations Templar and a growing social influence, economic and spiritual.

Damascene Templar Sword

Stripped of his identity and accused of all crimes, real or imagined, the Temple would be dissolved by Pope Clement V at the Council of Vienne, properties from the various monarchs or integrated into other military orders.

Templar Sword Silver

In the Crown of Aragon both the Temple and the Hospital had an active presence, on the basis 1317 Order of Montesa call with assets seized from the Templars. In the western kingdoms, instead, were always much more important native orders, appeared in the second half of XII century.

Templar Sword Gold

Also, Castilla, arose 1158 the Order of Calatrava, whose statutes, approved 1164, made it depend on the Cistercian abbey of Morimond. Leon came in orders of Alcantara (1156), also cisterciense, and Santiago (1161), associated with the congregation of the canons of St. Eloy. For Portugal, born in 1162 la Order de San Benito de Avis y a 1319 Order of Christ call.

Templar Khaimah

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