[tgv]

Yes, they did. But their banking operations did not consist of pillage.

> Just look up hoe the Doge of Venice got them to divert to nowaday Istanbul

You're not talking about the Templars, are you?

[hef19898]

No, not the knight templars. Rather crusaders in general, excluding the children's crusade of course.

The templars were incredibly well organized.