How to navigate in the Preceptory?

he Espoo Virtual Preceptory consists of seven rooms: the Armory, the Bailey, the Barracks, the Chapel, the Dungeon, the Library, and the Pub. In each of these locations are topics loosely related to the location. You can navigate from room to room by clicking on the room of your choice on the button bar at the top of each page. From the topics there are links to relevant topics in other rooms, so after clicking on a link you may find yourself in some other room than you expected, but not to worry, there's always the medieval button bar.

hould you wish to search the site for specific names or words, there is a search engine which you can start by clicking here.

he stories and discussion in the rooms are being added whenever I find time or someone kindly donates usable material (hint! hint! go see the Patrons' Hall!), so you may want to return here every once in a while. I will maintain the list of topics on this page and include the date the topic was created to help you keep tabs on pages you have already seen. Please note, though, that whenever I get new information that fits an existing topic, I will put it up in the topics, and therefore it is useful to see the page title for the revision date.

Topic list

Armory

• Have Sword, Will Travel - the Cost of a Knight, created May 2, 1995
• Ranks of Templars, created September 15, 1995
• Trebuchet, a Medieval Siege Engine, created August 31, 1995
• The Military Situation in the Holy Land, created September 22, 1995
• Saladin, the Bane of the Franks, created September 25, 1995
• The Battle of Nazareth, created September 25, 1995
• The Battle of the Horns of Hattin, created September 29, 1995
• Baybars, the last great Anticrusader, created April 21, 1996
• The loss of Acre, created April 21, 1996
• The Gallery, created September 13, 1996
• Tomar Castle, created February 1997
• Altar in Christ Convent, Tomar, Portugal, created February 1997
• The Church of the True Cross, Segovia, Spain, created April 1996
• The Templar Altar, the Church of the True Cross, Segovia, Spain, created April 1996
• A Stuffed Templar, created April 1996
• Image of Jacques de Molay, created April 1996
• Image of a Hospitaller Knight, created April 1996
• Image of Godfroi de Bouillon, created April 1996

Bailey

• A Short History of the Order, created May 2, 1995
• The Templars as a Financial Institution, created May 2, 1995
• The First Templars , created September 14, 1995
• A Map of the Routes used in the First Crusade, created May 2, 1995
• The Taking of Antioch in the First Crusade, created March 13, 1997
• The Expansion of the Order, created September 17, 1996
• The Military Orders and the Secular Rulers, created September 16, 1996
• A Timeline of Major Templar Events, created May 19, 1995
• The Structure of the Order, created May 23, 1995
• Templar Holdings in Ireland, created June 11, 1995
• Templar Holdings in England, created May 23, 1996
• Templar Holdings in Italy, created May 27, 1996
• Templar Holdings in France, created May 27, 1996
• The Templar Seal, created September 11, 1995

Barracks

• Daily Life of the Templars, created April 21, 1996
• The Grand Masters of the Order, created June 12, 1995
• Grand Master Profile - Gerard de Ridefort, created October 10, 1996
• Graves of Templars, created June 12, 1995
• The Killing Fields (Templars in Action), created April 21, 1996
• Sources of Military Strength in Palestine, created September 17, 1996
• A Map of Templar Strongholds in the Holy Land, created May 2, 1995
• Atlit the Impregnable, created May 25, 1996
• Baghras, created May 27, 1996
• Tortosa, created May 27, 1996

Chapel

• Introduction to Crusades, created June 15, 1995
• Saint Bernard and the Rules of the Order, created May 2, 1995
• An Orthodox reception into the Order, created June 27, 1995
• The Holy See and the Order, created May 25, 1995
• The Popes during the existence of the Order, created June 12, 1995
• Philip the Fair and his enemies, created June 12, 1995
• Profile - Clement IV, created August 14, 1996
• Profile - Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux, created August 14, 1996
• Consecration Crosses in Finnish Churches, created September 14, 1996

Dungeon

• The Accusations, created May 2, 1995
• The Arrests, created June 27, 1995
• Torture and Confessions, created August 27, 1995
• A Chronology of the Trial, created June 27, 1995
• The Defence, created April 21, 1996
• Suppression of the Order, created April 21, 1996
• The Final Outcome, created April 21, 1996
• A Chronology of the Trial, created June 27, 1995

Library

• The Bibliography, edited August 4, 1996
• The Knight in History by Gies. (Review: Scribe), created May 2, 1995
• The Atlas of the Crusades by Riley-Smith. (Review: Scribe), created July 18, 1996
• The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln. (Review: Scribe), created May 2, 1995
• Bloodline Private of the Holy Grail (The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed) by Laurence Gardner. (Review: Reg Vickers), created March 12, 1997
• The Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock. (Review: Scribe)
• The Medieval Castle in England and Wales by Pounds. (BMMR), created May 2, 1995
• Life in the Middle Ages by Goetz. (BMMR), created May 2, 1995
• The Murdered Magicians by Partner. (Review: Geoff Gilpin), created May 2, 1995
• The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela; First English Translation, with Introduction, Commentaries, and Notes by Melczer. (BMMR), created May 2, 1995
• The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm Barber. (BMMR Review: Gabrielle M. Spiegel), created May 2, 1995
• The Temple and the Lodge by Baigent and Leigh. (Review: Dennis Maggard), created October 2, 1995
• The Knights Templar Stephen Howarth. (Review: Brian Hibbert), created March 12, 1997
• The Hiram Key by Knight and Lomas. (Review: Richard Irwin)
• Short story: the Shepherd by the Scribe, created October 2, 1995

Pub

• The Mystical Head, created May 12, 1995
• Is the Crystal Skull the Head of Baphomet?, created May 25, 1996
• Whatever happened to the Templar Fleet?, created June 12, 1995
• The Magical Templar Square, created June 12, 1995
• The Magical Templar Square II, created August 31, 1995
• The Magical Templar Square III, Mathematics (sort of), created August 31, 1995
• Baphomet revisited, created August 31, 1995
• Templars and the Freemasons, created April 21, 1996
• Templars and the Shroud of Turin, created April 21, 1996
• Templars in Ethiopia?, created August 15, 1996
• Modern-day Templars?, created August 13, 1997
• Templarspotting in Tomar?, created August 19, 1997
• Cook up your own Templar legend!, created September 15, 1997

Portcullis

• Patrons of the Preceptory, created May 19, 1995
• Why am I doing this?, created July 31, 1995

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