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How prominent were the Knights Templar in political and economic life in Medieval Europe? Did they do anything particularly innovative to become so wealthy, or were they just sucking up donations? Why were they able to generate so much more wealth than the King of France?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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