Siege of Acre – disaster for the Knights Templar
The Siege of Acre in 1291 saw the Mamluks overrun the crusader fortress defeating the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar
2012
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Quest for the True Cross – Templar action!
Quest for the True Cross lets you experience medieval war at close range on a Knight Templar crusade in the 12th century at a bloody siege
Interview with the Ancient and Noble Order of The Knights Templar
I’m very pleased to have reached out to The Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights Templar and they have kindly responded
Medieval Toledo – city of three faiths
Even more than Seville or Cordoba – medieval Toledo affords you a glimpse of life in Spain as a Muslim, Jewish and Christian civilisation
Secret letters between the Popes and Mongols
One of the weirdest diplomatic exchanges in history was between the medieval Popes and the invading Mongols from the east. Rome hoped it could convince these fearsome tribes not to attack Christians – and maybe even convert to Roman Catholicism. The Mongols responded with demands that the pope submit to their power. Incredibly, some of the letters from the Mongol khans have been kept in the Vatican Secret Archives for eight hundred years.
How to survive a medieval pandemic!
Tony McMahon looks at how to survive a medieval pandemic by examining the comments and actions of people who went through the Black Death
Massacre of Christians in Jerusalem
In 1244, the holy city of Jerusalem fell to an alliance of Muslim forces led by a Khwarazmian army. The Christian and Jewish populations of the city were slaughtered and the bodies of the past crusader Kings of Jerusalem were dragged out of their tombs and thrown into the street.
The Children’s Crusade – a disaster
Templar terminology can be very confusing so Tony McMahon helps you to understand what words like senschal and preceptory mean
The Fall of Jerusalem in 1187
During the Crusades, the holy city of Jerusalem was held for just under a century by Christian forces. It was taken at the start of the First Crusade in 1099 and then lost to the Muslim Saracens in 1187. One contemporary English chronicler, Roger of Hoveden (or Howden) described what happened. How was it that the crusaders lost control of Jerusalem?
Quest for the True Cross – Templar adventure!
Quest For The True Cross is a Templar adventure novel by Tony McMahon
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