Templar History Archives

How to survive a medieval pandemic!

Tony McMahon14 years ago1 year ago412 mins

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

Tony McMahon14 years ago1 year ago114 mins

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

Tony McMahon14 years ago1 year ago38 mins

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

Tony McMahon14 years ago1 year ago412 mins

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?

The Byzantine Empire in the Templar period

Tony McMahon14 years ago1 year ago1713 mins

TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the history of the Byzantine Empire during the Templar period of history

Who was the REAL Saladin?

Tony McMahon14 years ago1 year ago514 mins

Saladin was a formidable Saracen leader but his image has gone through many changes down the centuries from villain to hero, Christian convert to Arab nationalist, as Tony McMahon discovers.