
A Pope calls for a Crusade against Islam
Pope Urban called for a crusade to defend the Byzantine empire against the Seljuk Turks who had converted to Islam and now approached Constantinople
Pope Urban called for a crusade to defend the Byzantine empire against the Seljuk Turks who had converted to Islam and now approached Constantinople
The relationship between the Knights Templar, the Temple of Solomon and the Kabbala is investigated by Templar expert Tony McMahon
Crusades began with the senseless massacre of Jewish people in Europe identified by mobs as being infidels like the Saracens
England didn’t really want to crush its Knights Templar – not least because France was demanding it and England suspected foul play
The Knights Templar pub on Chancery Lane in London has been a popular tavern for years though now threatened with closure.
Here’s a group of medieval dancers I came across on my travels last year. Strictly speaking the period dress is post-Templar, I’d say 15th century but I’m happy to be put right by historical fashion experts.
The conquest of Jerusalem by crusader armies in 1099 was a war crime. As Templar expert Tony McMahon shows, it led to a massacre of the population
The Catholic church is full of strange saints with very odd stories as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers with a bit of digging around
Jacob’s Ford was the scene of a huge massacre of the Knights Templar by a furious Saladin humiliated by his earlier defeat at Montgisard
In English medieval churches, it’s now almost impossible to imagine the walls as they once were – covered in lurid depictions of the Day of Judgment and hell fire for the sinful. During the Protestant Reformation, church walls were whitewashed, the faces of saints in wood carving were hacked off and stain glass windows even…
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