The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon

>>3245871
>dabbling in usury
they deserved it desu. by the time they were disbanded they were the antithesis of what they were when they were formed.

>>3246068
this. ususry is the devil's tool, why do you think charlemange banned christians from doing it

>>3246078
Because the early middle ages church had a poor understanding of economics?

>>3246101
no, because it is sinful to turn a profit on somebody else's poverty. even the Jews understood this back to the days of Moses, it's against mosaic law for a Jew to engage in usury with another Jew.

>>3245871
because gilles de rais' ancestors all ate babies

>>3245871
>Why did Pope Clement V issue the Pastoralis Praeeminentiae bull at the behest of King Phillip IV of France?
Because Phillip la Bel was the King Joffery of his time. Everything he said about Templars, he said about his other enemies. Including Pope Boniface IV.

>>3246203
Oh well, if medieval people had a poor grasp on economics certainly a nomadic late bronze age desert tribe had a better understanding

>>3246101
>>3248855
>economic understanding
I understand that """economic growth""" seems very important in the current age of rampant materialism, but ultimately it is undesirable if our souls are forfeit in the process.

>>3249496
If your understanding of reality is that its better to live a short life in simplicity and general ignorance rather than be "corrupted" by wealth and the benefits it brings than you would have a point.

Such an understanding is worthy of a saint, but fundamentally hostile to the wants and needs of normal people, who should not be asked to sacrifice for your twisted ideals

>>3245871
>Where did the Crusaders go? Where did they disappear to?
Majority of them didn't. Malta still have knights, and Teutonic Knights lasted in Prussia and northern Poland till Reformation.