Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore
By whom? Of course not by the pope alone. The pope didn't fry the templars alone, nor was he the mastermind behind it.

However, a union of kings allied with the pope could have fried a rival king. Say, the french and spanish kings and the holy roman emperor allied with the church conspiring against the aragonese king.

Remember that the inquisition wasn't just a papal weapon, it was used more by the kings and princes of the world.
Again , the Templars were not kings nor did they have a king .
They were monks .


Name a reigning Catholic king {that's King , not a lesser title of an independant holding} of the period the game spans whom was executed by the Inquisition . I have never hear of one .

A deposed {as in , they were actually replaced and widely accepted as such} King or Emperor might have been somewhat vunerable however I have not heard of one such being killed by the Inquisition either .