I'm reading Malcolm Butler's 'New Knighthood' and he mentions that the Order's early leadership may have ventured to Scotland in the 12th century. Was there ever a Templar presence in Scotland? I thought I read something once about a presence in Fife... It's hard to find legit info on this subject matter obviously.
Any pointers to books (I'm not writing a paper or thesis, so I'm not skimming) would be appreciated.
Hi, user /u/Rhodis is the resident expert on military orders, and you can check out his flaired user page with some collected answers he gave as well as some sources, and also his two part podcast he did for AH where IIRC he also touches Scotland and orders in it (especially in the second part i think).
In paritcular his answer here goes a bit about orders in Scotland (and UK) and gives reading recommendations