The events of November 9, 1307, sit at the center of one of medieval Europe’s most enduring political dramas: the suppression of the Knights Templar. On that day, Hugues de Pairaud—one of the order’s highest-ranking officers in France—was compelled under duress to issue a…
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On March 22, 1312, Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Vox in excelso, officially dissolving the Order of the Knights Templar, a once-powerful religious-military institution that had long held significant sway across medieval Christendom. This decree marked the end of a calculated campaign…
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