Imagery associated with the Knights Templar appears in the public discourse and symbolism of many white supremacist and white nationalist groups. The 2011 Norwegian mass murderer cited the Templars in his manifesto, as did the 2019 New Zealand shooter. Templar crosses were on display at the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, North Carolina. To understand the security imaginary behind these racialised medievalisms and their contemporary animation within right-wing extremism, this article develops the concept of ‘conspiratorial medievalism’. The Knights Templar imaginary blends a specific, racialised, and romanticised vision of history with the grammar of conspiracy theory. This is characterised by (a) a belief in the racialised decline and victimisation of a ‘righteous’ White Christendom; (b) a sense of threat posed by racialised Others and betrayal by insiders; and (c) an anachronistic view of near-omnipotent individual agency. Significantly, conspiratorial medievalism demonstrates an aspiration to not merely combat ‘undue’ agency of racialised Others, but to reclaim and perform extreme agency themselves. Agency is cast in the idiom of medieval chivalry and framed as the moral obligation of righteous White men. Although Knights Templar imagery may appear superficial, this article finds it is an important justificatory and enabling discourse for racist violence.

与圣殿骑士团相关的意象出现在许多白人至上主义和白人民族主义团体的公共话语和象征中。2011 年的挪威大屠杀凶手在其宣言中引用了圣殿骑士，2019 年的新西兰枪手也是如此。2017 年在北卡罗来纳州夏洛茨维尔举行的白人至上主义集会上展示了圣殿骑士的十字架。为了理解这些种族化的中世纪主义背后的安全想象及其在右翼极端主义中的当代活力，本文提出了“阴谋中世纪主义”的概念。圣殿骑士的想象将特定的、种族化和浪漫化的历史愿景与阴谋论的语法融为一体。其特点是 (a) 相信种族化的衰落和“正义的”白人基督教世界的受害；(b) 种族化的他人构成的威胁感和内部人士的背叛；(c) 对近乎全能的个人代理的不合时宜的看法。重要的是，阴谋中世纪主义不仅表现出与种族化他人的“不当”代理作斗争的愿望，而且还希望自己收回和执行极端代理。代理是中世纪骑士的习语，被描述为正义的白人的道德义务。尽管圣殿骑士团的图像可能看起来很肤浅，但本文发现它为种族主义暴力提供了重要的辩护和支持性话语。而是自己收回和执行极端的代理。代理是中世纪骑士的习语，被描述为正义的白人的道德义务。尽管圣殿骑士团的图像可能看起来很肤浅，但本文发现它为种族主义暴力提供了重要的辩护和支持性话语。而是自己收回和执行极端的代理。代理是中世纪骑士的习语，被描述为正义的白人的道德义务。尽管圣殿骑士团的图像可能看起来很肤浅，但本文发现它为种族主义暴力提供了重要的辩护和支持性话语。