Abu al-Quasim – the father of modern surgery
Abu al-Qasim was the father of modern surgery and a great example of a thinker from the era of the medieval Muslim caliphate in Spain
2012
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The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople
Constantinople was destroyed during the Fourth Crusade – a treacherous act by Christian crusaders in the year 1204 led by Venice
LGBT medieval kings of England
Several medieval kings of England are believed to have been LGBT. Tony McMahon investigates.
British Museum takes apart the Holy Sepulchre
A model of the Holy Sepulchre from the 1600s taken apart at the British Museum
Tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem – my images!
TV historian Tony McMahon went inside the tomb of Jesus at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – see what he found!
Trial of the dead Pope Boniface VIII
Pope Boniface VIII was accused of heresy, blasphemy, simony, gross immorality, magic, and murder. Despite the fact he was dead. Tony McMahon explains.
Nimrod Fortress in the Holy Land
Nimrod Fortress is a castle that dates back 2,000 years but most of today’s construction is from the Islamic period.
How did a Templar go to the toilet?
Tony McMahon discovers how the Knights Templar more than likely went to the toilet during a visit to the castle at Acre in modern Israel
Capurneum – visit to the hometown of Jesus
The Templar Knight blog visited Capurneum – also known as Capharnaum – and discovered the hometown of Jesus later hit by the huge Galilee Earthquake of 749
Bernard of Clairvaux defends Jewish people
I’m visiting Israel at the moment and just went to the holocaust museum in Tel Aviv. Obviously one reflects on the appalling Nazi holocaust – but I also thought about those many centuries of pogroms and persecutions that Jews faced across Europe. In the Templar period, Jewish people were massacred during the frenzy whipped up…
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