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The Knights Templar: Multiple Choice
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- 01Who was the first Grand Master and a co-founder of the Knights Templar?
- 02The Knights Templar were given a headquarters in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount, in a structure Christians referred to as the Temple of Solomon. What is this building known as today?
- 03The Knights Templar's extensive network across Christendom allowed them to pioneer an early form of what modern practice by issuing letters of credit?
- 04Who was the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, executed by burning at the stake in Paris in 1314?
- 05At the Council of Vienne in 1312, which Pope issued the papal bull *Vox in excelso*, formally dissolving the Knights Templar?
- 06Which French king was deeply in debt to the Knights Templar and orchestrated their downfall in the early 14th century?
- 07After the dissolution of the Knights Templar, most of their extensive properties and assets were transferred to which other military order?
- 08On what infamous date in October 1307 were hundreds of Knights Templar in France arrested under the orders of King Philip IV, contributing to modern superstitions?
- 09Which 1139 papal bull, issued by Pope Innocent II, granted the Knights Templar extraordinary privileges, including being answerable only to the Pope?
- 10The Knights Templar were a Catholic military order founded in the aftermath of which major historical event?