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UncleNasty -> RE: UK bankers - who the devil are they? (10/16/2008 7:54:55 AM)
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Both of you are essentially correct about the Templars.
There was a coordinated action against them by the Vatican and the king of France, largely due to both of them owing so much money to the Templars. Being a coin changer has always been profitable. The action was coordinated across Europe and took place in many locales on the same day, and at the same hour. Templars were captured, tortured, killed, assets seized, etc. Jaques de Molay, the Templar leader (perhaps Grand Master) was eventually burned at the stake.
That day was Friday the 13th (I think the year was 1307 and the month was October - I could easily be wrong about that as memory does fail on some details). It is from that day that our fear of Friday the 13th derives, known as triskidecaphobia (sp).
There are many different views and theories as to what happened to the surviving Templars. One has them in Scotland, eventually aiding William Wallace. Another has them becoming explorers and settling in distant lands. Another has them associated with Columbus (the sails of his 3 ships had Templar crosses on the sails). There others. Enough nuggets of truth to all of them to raise eyebrows.
Dan Brown's book "The Divinci Code" seems to have been based on another book, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," and that book (by Lincoln, Baigent and Lee) started as a book about the Templars.
Uncle Nasty
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