Knights Templar

Crusader Cross vs Jerusalem Cross: Same Thing?

Crusader cross vs Jerusalem cross: one is an umbrella term, the other one exact design. Which crosses count, and how to tell them apart at a glance.

A beginner's guide to building a Knight Templar costume: the core layers, getting the red cross right, and budget vs accuracy tips.

Did the Knights Templar build Rosslyn Chapel? Founded in 1446, over a century after the order fell, the Templar link is legend, not fact.

Templar cross vs St George's Cross: both are red on white, but the arm shapes, history and meaning differ. A clear visual comparison.

A practical guide to buying authentic-style Templar artifacts online: replicas vs genuine relics, where to look, and how to spot fakes.

Knight's cape or tunic starting with TA? The answer is tabard. What a tabard is, and how it differs from a surcoat, mantle and cloak.

How Christianity shaped the Knights Templar: their monastic vows, the Rule of St Bernard, the red cross, and the faith at the order's core.

Templar surcoat guide: what it was, how it differed from the mantle and tabard, and how to wear the white-and-red cross today.

Explore the great Templar castles, from Atlit to Tomar, and how these warrior-monk fortresses were built. Wear the history with our limited tee.

Templar cross vs iron cross: why they look alike, the 700 years and two nations between them, and how to tell them apart at a glance.

How the Knights Templar got rich: donations, papal tax exemptions, farmland, and pioneering banking. The real sources of their wealth.

Black cross meaning explained: the Teutonic order's real black cross, why Templars wore red, heraldry, mourning, and how to wear it right.