This issue focuses on the influence, impact, and legacy of the military orders. We look at the Hospitallers and the beginnings of public access to medical care. Further north, we explore Transylvania and see how the Teutonic Knights expanded into Romania and what part they played in the Baltic Crusades. We examine the Templar banking juggernaut and see how they became one of Europe’s first “international banks.” We also see how the extraordinarily powerful Templars, who once had kings in their debt, were swiftly and completely wiped out by the early fourteenth century. Who benefited from their demise? How true are the bizarre rumors about them today? It’s all in this issue!