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The Knights Templar and Scottish nationalism

The Knights Templar and Scottish nationalism

Did they fight with Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn?

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Tony McMahon
May 08, 2021
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Nothing is more calculated to wind up a Scottish nationalist than to suggest that King Robert the Bruce needed help from the Knights Templar to win the Battle of Bannockburn in June 1314.

We did it ourselves! They will cry like Braveheart. And no magical assistance from the white mantled knights was required, thank you very much. And anyway - a sceptic w…

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