Chapter 16: Triumph
Please read Chapter 16, Triumph, in Templar Continuum. Copy the following questions into an email, insert your answers and send to the Templar Officers with TC 16 from__________ (your Templar name) in the subject line.
1) Why is it so hard to pinpoint the exact growth rate of the Templar order during it’s early years?
2) What are two ways in which the Templar Order was able to get on it feet very quickly?
3) How did the Templars make a profit in banking without charging interest?
4) What were other ways by which the Templars and the Troyes Fraternity accrued wealth?
5) The Champagne Fairs were created to deal specifically with the shifting of large quantities of _________ across Europe.
6) T/R: Sheep weren’t very important to the Templars.
7) What advantage did the Cistercians and Templar Inc. have over modern-day manufacturers?
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Chapter 17: The Seeds of Disaster
Please read Chapter 17, The Seeds of Disaster, in Templar Continuum. Copy the following questions into an email, insert your answers and send to the Templar Officers with TC 17 from __________ (your Templar name) in the subject line.
1) By the end of the 13th Century, how had the Cistercians changed from their humble origins?
2) What were the factors involved in the downturn in Cistercian fortunes?
3) What factors were turning against the Templars at this time?
4) How did Champange end up in the hands of the crown?
5) What were the circumstances that Philip took the throne under? How might his childhood have shaped his personality?
6) What were common, “Pre-Philip”, charges against the Templars?
7) Considering the Age they lived in, and ignoring the proverbial “bad apples”, were the Templars really as “disreputable” as some later historians would claim?
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Chapter 18: The Annals of Infamy
Please read Chapter 18, The Annals of Infamy, in Templar Continuum. Copy the following questions into an email, insert your answers and send to the Templar Officers with TC 18 from __________ (your Templar name) in the subject line.
1) List the nine charges brought against the Order.
2) The Templars were only answerable to the Pope, which means that”worldly authorities”?such as kings?had no jurisdiction over them. If a king wanted to hurt them, he had to go through the Pope. How did Philip accomplish this?
3) The authors maintain that the Templars were not taken by total surprise in 1307. Why then would Jacques DeMolay willingly travel to Paris if he knew that the order was soon to be attacked by the very king he went to visit?
4) What was Philip’s beef with the Templars? These were the most respected knights in Christendom, and he felt he had to go and get rid of them. What were his motivations?
5) Do you think the charges against the Templars were entirely fabricated,or did they have some basis in truth (from the perspective of the orthodox church of the day)?
6) As a review, what does Baphomet mean when put through the Atbash cipher?
7) T/F: The Templars were rather more interested in the Femine Divine than the church of their day.
8) Given what you know of the Order, do you think it was inevitable that they would eventually run afoul of the Inquisition? Why or why not?
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Please read Chapter 19, The Aftermath, in Templar Continuum. Copy the following questions into an email, insert your answers and send to the Templar Officers with TC19 from __________ (your Templar name) in the subject line.
1) T/F: Edward II (of England) began persecutions of the Templars as soon as he received instructions from the Pope to do so.
2) What happened to the Templars in England?
3) What happened in other countries?
4) When was the Order formally abolished? Did all the Bishops agree to this?
5) Was it really all that unexpected when M. DeMolay recanted his confessions? What had he been saying?
6) Why was it unlikely that Philip would find piles of money in the Templar vaults?
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Please read Chapter 20, The End of an Era, in Templar Continuum. Copy the following questions into an email, insert your answers and send to the Templar Officers with TC 20 Final from __________ (your Templar name) in the subject line.You are finally almost thru with this mini-course!
Exercise: Construct a simple summary or list of the ideas put forth by Butler and Dafoe in this book (as summarized in this chapter.)
-Lady Christine
Extra Final Questions after reading the book (by Katia, Prioress)
1. Who was Ms Sinclair de Payens (who was she married to?)
Write a few sentences explaining the significance (meaning) of these Templar symbols:
2. Octagon
3. Red cross on a white field
Write out short definitions of each of these words:
4. Levant
5. Preceptory
6. Chapter
7. Rule of the Order (and when was this read to a Templar? See end of Chapter 12 for clue)
8. White Monks
9. White Knights
10. What did you find most intriguing, what seemed most “cool” to you in this book?
11. What is the thesis, conclusion or main point this book is trying to make? Try to connect the main point to the full title of the original book, “The Templar Continuum: Following the Golden Thread thru the Tapestry of Time”
The subtitle of this book used to be “Following the Golden Thread thru the Tapestry of Time.” What do you think that means? And do you believe the Templars are now the keepers, guardians and followers of that Golden Thread? Send your answer to the Templar Officers with the subject line TC Golden Thread.
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All Questions on this page except for the last set by Lady Christine
