The year was 1314 and before the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, was burnt at the stake in front of a huge crowd. After two hundred years of crusading, it was all over for the Order of the Temple. It was all over…
Thirteen skeletons have been unearthed in the Farringdon area of London – believed to be victims of the fourteenth century Black Death.
TV historian Tony McMahon explains the different methods of medieval torture used by the inquisition against heretics
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates what went on in a Templar preceptory and how they generated wealth for the order
Top Knight Templar history books recommended by Tony McMahon
Richard the Lionheart had his heart mummified after being killed during a siege and then the heart disappeared for centuries
History Today magazine lists its top movies rooted in periods of history
Spain was part of the Muslim caliphate from 711 until the year 1492 and gave rise to a great medieval civilisation – Tony McMahon discovers
In 1969, a Christian fundamentalist tried to burn down the Al Aqsa Mosque in the belief it would hasten the return of Jesus Christ as Tony McMahon discovers
Pope Benedict XVI resigned but other popes have stepped down before including a child pope aged just eleven as Tony McMahon reports
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