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It is necessary to begin with a warning to readers:the various and varied legends born around the order of the Temple appeared after its dissolution and do not relate to the history of the order, but to the history myths (see the article on legends about the Templars). Confusing the two is a problem.
As historian Alain Demurger says:
"The Temple's bibliography is overabundant but scientifically dubious. The Temple feeds, with the Cathars and Joan of Arc, one of the inexhaustible veins of pseudo-history, one that aims to offer eager readers their ration of mysteries and secrets. »
Let's not forget that the Templars are dead and that it is easy today to attribute anything and everything to them. The fashion for esotericism, which tends to build hypotheses that are more than historically dubious, brings immense cultural harm to the Templars and creates confusion in popular culture. It is therefore necessary to approach the deepening of the knowledge of the order of the Temple with rigor and by making a strict selection of works and all documentary support.
Thus, in full knowledge of the facts, it is appropriate to refer only to the work of researchers who have a historical ethics. Accordingly, the authors of this article have carefully sorted out the worthwhile websites and have relied primarily on academic work by renowned researchers. Overwhelmingly, the internet is very unreliable on the subject of the Templars. We advise against using it as a tool because of the proliferation of sites relaying erroneous information.