The Knights Templar and the Arab world
The Knights Templar were the poster boys of the Crusades but were also accused of collaborating with their Arab opponents reports Tony McMahon
Templar History
Templar History is all about the facts and key dates. This is the serious history stuff as opposed to the conspiracy theories, which I also cover.
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Siege of Malta – Quran versus the Cross
The Siege of Malta in 1565 was a decisive battle between the Muslim Ottomans and the Knights Hospitaller as Tony McMahon discovers
Skanderbeg – Christian crusader and Muslim hero!
Two Muslim majority countries in Europe revere a Christian crusader called Skanderbeg as a national hero – Tony McMahon investigates why
The Nativity Scene – when was it invented?
The invention of the Nativity scene and crib of Jesus was intended to strengthen the Christian meaning of Christmas
Medieval Christmas and its pagan influences!
How the Christian church transformed the pagan Winter Solstice into the medieval Christmas – through compromise and absorbing the unthinkable.
The Twelve Days of Christmas explained!
The Twelve Days of Christmas explained in depth from Christmas Day to Twelfth Night and what each day signified in the medieval period
Join me inside a Templar castle!
TV historian Tony McMahon visits the Templar castle at Tomar in central Portugal in 2022
Suffragettes bomb Rosslyn chapel
In 1914, Suffragettes campaigning on votes for women bombed Rosslyn Chapel in an act of historical vandalism as Tony McMahon discovers
DeMolay International – an introduction
DeMolay International is an organisation striving to emulate the values of the last Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay
The Assassins – a medieval death cult
The Assassins were a medieval death cult that today would be regarded as terrorists as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
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