the sergeants, equipped as light cavalry and drawn from a lower social class than the knights.the knights, equipped as heavy cavalry.There were four divisions of brothers in the Templars: In time, they were endowed with several extraordinary Papal bulls (see Omne Datum Optimum) that permitted them, among other things, to levy taxes and accept tithing in the areas under their direct control, facilitating their quick rise to institutional power.
The Templars were well connected and quickly became prime movers in the international politics of the Crusades period. The Templars were organized as a monastic order, following a rule created for them by Bernard of Clairvaux, the founder of the Cistercian Order.
