The Assassins were a medieval death cult that today would be regarded as terrorists as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Assassins, Assassins Creed, crusader, crusades, history, Islam, jerusalem, Marco Polo, Medieval, muslim, Nizari, Old Man of the Mountain, shia, sunni, Templar
Incredibly the Knights Templar were present in Ukraine and you can still view remains of a castle they built at Serednie
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Category: Templar History
Tags: byzantine, castle, fortress, history, knights, Kyiv, Lviv, Medieval, middle ages, mongol, Paul, russia, Serednie, Templar, transcarpathia, Ukraine, Ukrainian
Crusaders rode horses that resemble today’s ponies in size and were not mighty steeds as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: crusaders, destrier, equine, farm, history, horses, jerusalem, knacker's yard, knights, Medieval, middle ages, remains, rouncies, stable, steed, stud, tannery, Templar
Cyprus was dominated by the Knights Templar who bought the island from Richard the Lionheart as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Berengaria, Cyprus, history, jerusalem, knights, Knights Hospitaller, Larnaca, Limassol, Medieval, richard the lionheart, Templar, templars
Many organisations campaigning against liquor have claimed to be emulating the Templars but were the knights teetotal?
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Category: Templar History
Tags: alcohol, ale, IOGT, knights, liquor, medieval, teetotal, Templar, templars, vineyards, wine
During the Crusades a Knight Templar and a Muslim sultan became blood brothers as Tony McMahon discovers a strong, unlikely friendship
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Baibars, Baybars, blood brother, bond, crusades, egypt, Knight Templar, saracen, Sauvage, sultan, syria, Templar, templars, William of Tyre
King Louis IX spent more time on crusades than governing the kingdom of France but he was made a saint as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ayyubid, Chapelle, crown of thorns, Damietta, dysentery, egypt, louis, Louis IX, Mamluk, mongol, paris, passion relics, saint, sainte
There wasn’t just one crusade but multiple crusades in medieval Europe from modern Spain all the way up to Russia as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 1204, Albigensian, armor, armour, Baltics, battle, Cathar, constantinople, crusade, crusades, Cyprus, Dandolo, doge, fourth, heresy, Holy Land, Iberian, indulgence, innocent, knight, knights, Medieval, Moors, pagan, papal, plenary, pope, Templar, Teutonic, Venice
TV Historian Tony McMahon examines the differences between the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller and other medieval orders
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Category: Templar History
Tags: armor, armour, Baltic, battle, Calatrava, cosplay, costume, crusade, crusades, discovery, documentaries, documentary, hospitaller, Hospitallers, ice, knight, Knightfall, knights, Medieval, militaria, military, Oak Island, portugal, russia, Santiago, spain, states, Templar, templario, templars, Teutonic, TV, war
Templar controlled Acre in the Holy Land was a mix of Las Vegas and London – a cosmopolitan fleshpot in the Middle Ages
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Acre, Akka, Akko, commerce, cosmopolitan, crusader, crusades, culture, dollar, fortress, Holy Land, integration, israel, knights, Las Vegas, money, saladin, saracen, secret, Templar, trade, tunnel, United States
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