Readers of the best-selling The Da Vinci Code will be familiar with the role played by The Knights Templar in shaping the course of medieval history.

But were they really guilty of the crimes of blasphemy and sexual deviance of which they were accused?

Demurger, a renowned French medieval scholar, sifts through all the available evidence to seek the truth behind the tragedy of Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of The Temple, who turned out to be like any other man, full of human weaknesses.

Updated: 16:34 Friday, September 02, 2005