The Knights Templar, Part 1: the Templars in History (with Steve Tibble)

About this episode

This episode explores the historical context and significance of the Knights Templar, featuring guest Dr. Steve Tibble.

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is the first of a two-part series on the notorious Christian military order, The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, more commonly known as the Knights Templar. This first episode deals with the historical Templars; the second, with the Templar legend My cohost for both is a veteran of this podcast, Dr. Steve Tibble whose newest book is Assassins and Templars, A Battle in Myth and Blood (Yale University Press, 2025). ...

People in this episode

Host: Richard Abels

Guest: Steve Tibble

Topics covered

• Knights Templar
• Christian military orders
• historical analysis
• myth and legend
• medieval history

Keywords

• Knights Templar
• history
• Christian military order
• Steve Tibble
• medieval
• myth
• legend

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale University Press, The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon

Books & works: Assassins and Templars, A Battle in Myth and Blood

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