+BREAKING NEWS+ >important points regarding degruy templar history in france & swiss. as found in the book.... ********************** "THE WARRIORS AND THE BANKERS" by alain butler & stephen dafoe ********************************* 1) TROYES, FRANCE WAS FOUNDED ON TEMPLAR ORIENTATION/ ACTIVITY ************************************ >this would explain further the degruy selection and attachement to that *********************************** +TROYES CHAMPAGNE REGION+ (chateau @ magny-fouchard) ***************************** ( i have written about st. bernard of clairvaux and the +COUNT OF CHAMPAGNE+ >that must have been at the heart (powerful alliance) +TROYES FOUNDATION+ *********************** 2) SWITZERLAND WAS FOUNDED ON TEMPLAR ORIENTATION /ACTIVITY. (there are exellent reasons) *************************** A) swiss formation dated same time as templar demise in france ca. 1307. B) a shared banking orientation.... (the templars were very wealthy, the fuel for the king's hatred. C) easy movement from france into the cantons of switzerland by templars fleeing the kings persecution. D) swiss flag similar to templar blazon. E) a shared sense of group secretivness F) a shared sense of religious tolerance. >THIS FORMATION WOULD OF COURSE EFFECT THE deGRUY(ERE) HISTORY BOTH IN SWITZERLAND AND IN CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE. (perhaps even in louisiana) ************************** >note: i remember well how chretien point plantation was saved during the civil war because the owner made the "masons" sign to the invading union general. ************************ +( FREEMASONS AND KNIGHTS OF MALTA TEMPLAR DESCENDED.) ******************************* >saint bernard of clairvaux, near to ("FATHER" OF TEMPLARS) >magny fouchard, had a huge ***************************** >INFLUENCE ON THE DESIGN OF CHARTRES CATHEDRAL ************************** >deGRUY TEMPLAR OVERVIEW< >a 5 holy crusade history placed the +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ >in the thick of the knights templar +SWISS / FRENCH REGIONS+ **************************** >THE TEMPLARS IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION WERE THE LEAST EFFECTED BY KING PHILIPPE'S PERSECUTION. ************************************ eugene ray, san diego, california