Medieval Easter with the Knights Templar
The medieval Easter was the most important event in the church calendar during the time of the Knights Templar as Tony McMahon discovers
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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The Knights Hospitaller: Guardians of Hampton Court
It’s hard to believe today but if you went back to the 13th century – you would have found something very different at Hampton Court Palace. No magnificent complex of Tudor and Stuart buildings but a medieval manor run by the Knights Hospitaller – under the direction of the Priory at Clerkenwell, which was the…
The Knights Templar in Gaza
It’s a little known fact that the city of Gaza was run by the Knights Templar during the Crusades as Tony McMahon discovers
Templar battle fighting tactics
The Knights Templar had very particular battle fighting tactics making them very effective, as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Uncovering the Hunt for Medieval Witches!
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates top medieval witch hunters of the 14th century and links witchcraft to the Knights Templar
The Siege of Malta: Knights Hospitaller’s Defiance
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
The Pagan Roots of Medieval Christmas Explained
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
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