The Knights Templar were the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, they participated in the Crusades and rapidly gained wealth, lands and influence and were answerable to none save the Pope himself....
Through its various guises as magic cauldron, cornucopia, horn of plenty and chalice cup the Holy Grail has remained at the center of popular culture from antiquity right up to the present day.