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many more Jell into the hands of the enemy , and among the prisoners were King Louis and Joinville the historian ; excepting the more distinguished , the prisoners were all massacred . The few Templars who survived , guided by the Marechal Reginald de Vichies , reached Damietta , and at a general chapter held in the Pilgrims' Castle , Eeginald was elected Grand Master .
Louis and his friend the Sieur de Joinville were ransomed at a price of 200 , 000 pieces of gold ; they remained in Palestine two years , and assisted the Templars in repairing their fortifications . The Ereneh left Acre with a fleet of fourteen ships , the king ' s vessel being steered by Brother Eemond , the pilot of the Templars ; on his arrival in Erance , Louis bestowed on the Order the chateau and lordship of Barees in Aquitaine .
Henry IIL , who was in Gascony with Brother Bobert de Sanford , Master of the Temple in London , visited Paris , and was magnificently entertained by the Knights Templars at the Temple in that city In the course of the year 1257 , the Templars entered into a truce
with the sultan of Damascus , and prisoners were exchanged . The Grand Master died in the same year , and Brother Thomas Berard , an English Templar , was chosen to succeed him . Shortly after this , a horde of fierce Tartars , who had spread
desolation over Europe and Asia , appeared in Palestine under the command of Holagpu . "With fire and sword they had desolated Aleppo , Hems , Harnah , and Damascus , and , through Naplous and Tiberias , entered in triumph the holy city of Jerusalem , whence the inhabitants fled in despair ; but Bendocdar , the Egyptian general , appeared in the field , and in the neighbourhood of Tiberias completely defeated the
barbarians . The next year , at the head of 30 , 000 horsemen , he ravaged the country around Acre ; the city of the Templars , however , was too strong for him . He proceeded next to Cesarea , which he captured , and afterwards went on to Arsouf , the strongly fortified city of the Hospitallers , which was carried by storm .
In the year 1264 , whilst Bendocdar was pursuing his career of conquest , and whilst the defence of thp Christian cause in the Holy Land was entirely thrown upon the Knights of the two Orders , an altercation took place between the Templars and Pope Urban IV " . A brother , Etienne Lisi , who was appointed the grand marshal of the Order , had sometime before incurred the displeasure of the
pontiff , and he cancelled the Brother ' s appointment , and on the latter remonstrating the pope excommunicated him . This kind of interference with the internal government of the Order was resented by the Templars , who very properly evinced a determination to support their officer and resist papal arrogance .
However , at this juncture Urban died , and his successor , Clement IV ., removed the sentence of excommunication ; but addressed an angry letter to the Brethren , in which he told them , " If the Holy See was to cease for one instant to protect you , you could never maintain yourselves against the bishops and the secular princes . " That stronghold of the Templars ' , the castle of Saphet , was next
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Ghiva.Let,
many more Jell into the hands of the enemy , and among the prisoners were King Louis and Joinville the historian ; excepting the more distinguished , the prisoners were all massacred . The few Templars who survived , guided by the Marechal Reginald de Vichies , reached Damietta , and at a general chapter held in the Pilgrims' Castle , Eeginald was elected Grand Master .
Louis and his friend the Sieur de Joinville were ransomed at a price of 200 , 000 pieces of gold ; they remained in Palestine two years , and assisted the Templars in repairing their fortifications . The Ereneh left Acre with a fleet of fourteen ships , the king ' s vessel being steered by Brother Eemond , the pilot of the Templars ; on his arrival in Erance , Louis bestowed on the Order the chateau and lordship of Barees in Aquitaine .
Henry IIL , who was in Gascony with Brother Bobert de Sanford , Master of the Temple in London , visited Paris , and was magnificently entertained by the Knights Templars at the Temple in that city In the course of the year 1257 , the Templars entered into a truce
with the sultan of Damascus , and prisoners were exchanged . The Grand Master died in the same year , and Brother Thomas Berard , an English Templar , was chosen to succeed him . Shortly after this , a horde of fierce Tartars , who had spread
desolation over Europe and Asia , appeared in Palestine under the command of Holagpu . "With fire and sword they had desolated Aleppo , Hems , Harnah , and Damascus , and , through Naplous and Tiberias , entered in triumph the holy city of Jerusalem , whence the inhabitants fled in despair ; but Bendocdar , the Egyptian general , appeared in the field , and in the neighbourhood of Tiberias completely defeated the
barbarians . The next year , at the head of 30 , 000 horsemen , he ravaged the country around Acre ; the city of the Templars , however , was too strong for him . He proceeded next to Cesarea , which he captured , and afterwards went on to Arsouf , the strongly fortified city of the Hospitallers , which was carried by storm .
In the year 1264 , whilst Bendocdar was pursuing his career of conquest , and whilst the defence of thp Christian cause in the Holy Land was entirely thrown upon the Knights of the two Orders , an altercation took place between the Templars and Pope Urban IV " . A brother , Etienne Lisi , who was appointed the grand marshal of the Order , had sometime before incurred the displeasure of the
pontiff , and he cancelled the Brother ' s appointment , and on the latter remonstrating the pope excommunicated him . This kind of interference with the internal government of the Order was resented by the Templars , who very properly evinced a determination to support their officer and resist papal arrogance .
However , at this juncture Urban died , and his successor , Clement IV ., removed the sentence of excommunication ; but addressed an angry letter to the Brethren , in which he told them , " If the Holy See was to cease for one instant to protect you , you could never maintain yourselves against the bishops and the secular princes . " That stronghold of the Templars ' , the castle of Saphet , was next