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Templar armour explained – horse coverings

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago32 mins

Templars needed to cut a dash on the battlefield. First into battle and last out – they had to be recognisable and pushing that all important Templar brand. One way to achieve this was through the covering of their horse in a caparison. What does a Templar caparison look like? In Toledo, Spain, I came…

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Templar armour explained – cloaks

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago04 mins

The Knights Templar had one of the most recognisable brands in the Middle Ages. Who didn’t know those white mantles with red crosses and what they represented? There were strict rules about how a Templar presented himself on the battlefield and one important element was the cloak. The Templar cloak So what did a Templar…

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Templar armour explained – head gear

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago02 mins

What did a Templar wear on his head when going into battle? The fact is that the helmet worn by the knights changed over the centuries starting as something more Norman in character and ending up with the big sugar-loaf shaped helmets enclosing the head entirely. Templar helmet changes over the centuries What can we…

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John the Baptist and the Knights Templar

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago18 mins

The Knights Templar may have been exposed to many heretical views in the east including the Johannite heresy that venerated John the Baptist above Jesus Christ

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Why the Knights Templar built round churches

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago09 mins

The Knights Templar built round churches throughout Christendom to remind themselves of the Holy Sepulchre in far off Jerusalem in the Holy Land

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Braveheart versus the Knights Templar!

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago08 mins

Here’s a Knights Templar fact you never knew about the movie Braveheart. In one of the Scottish hero’s biggest military clashes – two Knight Templar grand masters were killed! Mel Gibson missed the chance to depict a truly epic scene in his movie Braveheart – the slaughter of two leading Knights Templar by his hero’s forces. And…

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Arrest of Knights Templar in Yorkshire

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago03 mins

The Knights Templar were rounded up in Yorkshire a year after the rest of Europe but after resisting the Pope, the English county came into line

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More on the Templars and chess

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago05 mins

An earlier blog post on medieval chess was very popular among fans of the Templars and I even got this message all the way from Egypt

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The Templars and the Head of Baphomet!

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago54 mins

Did the Templars find the head of Baphomet in Constantinople and if they did, what exactly is Baphomet? Tony McMahon investigates.

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Knight roasted to death in his armour

Tony McMahon12 years ago3 months ago04 mins

Pity Sir Edmund Springhouse who was roasted in his own armour while fighting the French – a typical horror of medieval warfare

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