A MUSLIM ARMY quietly set up camp on the Mount of Olives in 1152, preparing for a surprise attack on the city of Jerusalem. Victory seemed certain: Jerusalems Christian ruler, Baldwin, was away in Tripoli.
But during the night, the encamped Muslims were slaughtered in a surprise counterattack that reportedly left 5,000 dead. Who had so heroically saved the city of Jerusalem?
Brothers in a religious order, men who had vowed themselves to poverty, chastity, and obedience.
But these devout men came from new religious groupsmilitary orders known as the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers. They had been commissioned by the pope to defend the Holy Land.
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A MUSLIM ARMY quietly set up camp on the Mount of Olives in 1152, preparing for a surprise attack on the city of Jerusalem. Victory seemed certain: Jerusalems Christian ruler, Baldwin, was away in Tripoli.
But during the night, the encamped Muslims were slaughtered in a surprise counterattack that reportedly left 5,000 dead. Who had so heroically saved the city of Jerusalem?
Brothers in a religious order, men who had vowed themselves to poverty, chastity, and obedience.
But these devout men came from new religious groupsmilitary orders known as the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers. They had been commissioned by the pope to defend the Holy Land.