Following Orders

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

It's all I could ever hope for. Enough said in my book!

[Lord Clisto of York]

Admitting to an addiction is a big step in the road to recovery my brother.  Unfortunately your addiction has been rendered harmless and quite acceptable.

Feel free to continue

Unless its like Hoarding. I can just picture walking into his house and stepping on top of all the damn books. Climbing over them to just find a path to the privy. LOL..... New series on TLC "Hoarding - Templars Buried Alive"

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Been peeking through my windows have ya? 

[SirMichael]

Greetings All,

Well don't forget when you run out of boulders for the catapults, books do make a fine weapon when traveling 80 m.p.h. or more.....

Sir Michael

[Sir William Marcus]

Well don't forget when you run out of boulders for the catapults, books do make a fine weapon when traveling 80 m.p.h. or more.....

Even better when set a blaze!

[Lord Clisto of York]

Are we talking books or the scaracins?

[Sir William Marcus]

Books about Saracens 

[Lord Clisto of York]

I thought it was flaming Saracens.

[Sir William Marcus]

No! Books on flaming Saracens!

[Lord Clisto of York]

Oh, well that makes sense now. LOL..

[Sir Samuel]

I was near scared for a moment, Thank God in Heaven there are no books about flaming Saracens that would not go on my Crusade wish list of books.

[Just Jesse]

I have a paper due monday on the templars...5 pages at least... anyone want to help? hahah

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I have a paper due monday on the templars...5 pages at least... anyone want to help? hahah

PJ,

There's at least five pages of material on the Order within these very threads!!!


Now onto another note:

It's easy to forget at times due to all the "myths" about the Templars, that by and large the Brothers and there posts were relatively poor. Sure as a large organization they retained a large sum of wealth, but if today serves as your example, you will not that fighting a war isn't cheap. The cost of equipment, logistical consideration, fortification improvement, outside labor, this all costs money. So the Order had key locations within its structure based on geographical location and travel volume that would retain the finances used to keep the "machine" alive.

A good example of the wealth at the "tips" of the spear for the Order are pointed out in Helen Nicholson's work: A brief History of the Knights Templar. In it she points out an event on the Iberian Peninsula, where the Order took part in operations against the enemy as well:

In 1289, the templar house at Huesca, on the order of the Master of Aragon, had lent three hauberks, or mail shirts, and three other coats of mail to their house at Novillas, leaving four haulberks and seven-and—a-half pairs of chausses (chainmail leggings). This major templar house with military obligations, apparently had expected to have to arm only seven knights and three sergeants; but it is interesting that they kept one spare chausse handy. (I would forward the concept that the last pair of chausses was split between the two locations as a patch kit. Both locations could cut from the single chausse, and with the simple use of leather strings, conduct filed expedient repair work on existing sets should the need arise at a faster pace than having a metal smith build or replace existing damaged pieces.....heck...it's what I do here.)

A clear example of how the forward ends of the Order had access to limited wealth and material, that wasn't invested in their fortifications.

[Lord Clisto of York]

I have a paper due monday on the templars...5 pages at least... anyone want to help? hahah

Make sure to include flaming Saracens in the paper. Makes for better reading. LOL

GOD WILLS IT!!!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Flaming Saracen.......catapulted.