The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
Category: Templar History
How White Supremacists and Islamists exploit the Middle Ages
How White Supremacists and Islamist extremists exploit the Middle Ages for their own political gain
Read MoreSacred statues without hair and clothes
A discovery in Lisbon… This year, I was walking up a steep hill in Lisbon to visit the medieval cathedral. The cathedral is a very austere, fortress-like construction and that’s no accident. It was built in the years after a…
Read MoreTen accusations made against the Knights Templar
In 1307, the Knights Templar were rounded up, imprisoned and tortured under secret orders issued by the King of France. The trials of top Templars would last for years and lead to many being burnt at the stake including the…
Read MoreWere the Knights Templar heretics?
The Knights Templar have been accused of being gnostic and Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates
Read MoreHow the Templars became the Order of Christ in Portugal
How the Knights Templar survived in Portugal by changing their name
Read MoreAvignon – seat of the pope who crushed the Templars
Pope Clement V, the pope who crushed the Knights Templar, was based in Avignon
Read MoreAugust 2017 – my Templar quest in Portugal – don’t miss it!
Anybody who has been following this blog for any length of time knows that I’m obsessed with the Templar history of Portugal. I’ve been all over Europe and the Middle East to see Templar sites, but I always come back…
Read MoreThe Pope who made a blood curdling speech
Meet Pope Urban II. In 1095, His Holiness resolved to launch a new kind of war against forces in the Middle East he believed threatened Christianity. The Byzantine emperor had sent him a desperate letter warning that unless action…
Read MoreHow was Easter celebrated when the Knights Templar were around?
The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus was central to Christian belief. This was the idea that God had taken human form, had performed miracles and given sermons while alive and then had sacrificed himself to the most degrading form of…
Read MoreWhat were the Templars up to in their first decade of existence?
According to the contemporary chronicler William of Tyre, nine “noble men of knightly rank” from the Champagne region of France founded the Templar order in the year 1118. So what they do in their first ten years? Well, the answer…
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