Who Invented Banking? - History of Paper Money - Extra History #shorts

Just who invented banking? Let's bring in the Knights Templar and find out!

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[clangauss]

"May you be held in his holy investment"
"Ehm. It's 'investature, ' Bohemond."
"I know what I said."

[CodaMission]

"90% of Templars were actually administrative employees" The idea that most people in the "band of people who kill for a living" don't actually kill and are mostly there to support the ones that do shouldn't surprise anyone who has been in the Army.

[gavinsmith]

You can't let something like lugging around boat loads of cash get in the way of a good Crusade.

[mrpink]

That banking also got the Templars killed. Unfortunately, part of the cautionary tale of NEVER loaning to medieval monarchs, who were always likely to take the money and run and/or kill you.

[jamesg]

So if the Knight Templar invented banking, does that mean that bank robbers are part of the Brotherhood of Assassins???

[PuppetierMaster]

And then France dropped the ball and killed all the Knights Templar when they owed the Order way too much

[K__T_S_U_N_E]

Now I want a series about the 'Knights Templar'.

[bengraser]

when you love jesus so much you accidentally form modern banking

[IberianCraftsman]

Then when a lot of kings owed them money they came up with an idea, "if they are dead we don't need to return the money!"

[brotherofAnubus]

Templars being bankers suddenly makes “giant shadow corp” in Assassin’s Creed more plausible.

[Treegardern]

Sabaton starts singing a epic metal song about the knights Templar banking

[pudimo]

reasons to start a banking company: make the employees wear templar armor

[Matthew_Calmert]

Also fun fact: Switzerland specializes in banking and their flag is basically a color swap of the templar symbol.

[thevoidlookspretty]

Making Assassins Creed make more sense.

[blitzkrieg]

Templar Banks, Defending You and Your Money since 1118

[wolfman]

Templar banks are thought to be one of the pillar reasons why they were deemed "too powerful" and hunted down

[DryWallMockery]

"Though shalt deposit 50 coins into thine bank account"

Profitus Maximus

[hordamis]

Didn't this insane wealth lead to a French king trying to get rid of the Templars because he owed them a lot of money?

[TuxedoTalk]

Watch the documentary "Money masters" its eye opening.

[tomoyboy]

Fun fact, the British pound notes still have a reference to this, as they all have the writing "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of..." just above the notes amount :)