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The Knights Templar

Who were they? And why do we care?

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Malcolm Barber is emeritus professor of medieval history at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, and the author ofThe New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Templeand The Trial of the Templars. The Trial will appear as a second edition in summer of 2006.