The Knights Templar were championed by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux – a founding member of the Cistercian order of monks. But a fellow Cistercian – Isaac of Stella – clashed with Bernard. He thought the Templars were the creation of the devil.
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
The Knights Templar were arrested across Europe in the year 1307 leading to their imprisonment, torture, and trials – and eventually executions. France led the way but England also rounded up its Templars. So, what happened to them?
The Islamic influence in Europe is nothing new and you can see amazing Muslim buildings in countries like Spain and Portugal built centuries ago as Tony McMahon discovers
Medieval people believed in the existence of dogheads one of which was Saint Christopher as Tony McMahon investigates
The theory that Newport Tower on Rhode Island is a Templar construction rests on a map by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano
What were the fantastic creatures that people believed in during the medieval period?
A gang in Mexico that calls itself the Knights Templar but actually just trades in narcotics and murders people senselessly
The Knights Templar had a caparison on their horse, so what exactly was that? Tony McMahon explains.
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?
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