Tag Archives: Jews

Tales of Absolute Morality (2)

Pedro de Garza, 1480 AD Don Hernan, a low ranking nobleman, arrives weary and distressed to the country home of a well-to-do fellow knight, Don Alberto, who is just sitting down to an evening merienda in the courtyard. Don Alberto: Hernan! What is the matter with you? Something awful has happened! Sit, let me pour […]

What really happened to the Templar treasure?

Saturday I watched a History Channel documentary about the Knights Templar. The documentary was a mix of solid historical research and wild speculations, and I found myself feeling sorry for the serious historians whose opinions got sandwiched between interviews of conspiracy theorists. The Templars were a strange product of the Crusades. We remember them as warriors, but […]