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1118
Creation of the Knights Templar
A French knight named Hugues de Payens created a military order along with eight relatives and acquaintances, calling it the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon-later known simply as the Knights Templar. Its self-imposed mission was to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to and from the Holy Land during the Crusades. (http://www.history.com/topics/the-knights-templar) -
1176
John of Salisbury(1115?-1180) becomes Bishop of Chartres
One of the best Latinists of his age, secretary to Theobald and Thomas Becket, archbishops of Canterbury. Told a pope directly that the people thought "the Roman church, which is the Mother of all churches, behaves more like step-mother than a mother. The Scribes and Pharisees sit there placing on men's shoulders burdens to heavy to be born. They load themselves with fine clothes and their tables with precious plate; a poor man can seldom gain admittance.."
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