Templar Curse of Segovia
The Templar church at Segovia in Spain is dedicated to the True Cross and there is a story of a curious curse put by the knights on the local crows
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Greatest battles of the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar were reputed to be the bravest soldiers during the Crusades – first into battle and last to quit the action.
Order of the Solar Temple: sinister Templars
The Order of the Solar Temple claimed to be a Knight Templar organisation of sorts but they ended in a mass suicide and suspected murder
How the Popes supported the Knights Templar
How the papacy gave the Knights Templar official recognition making the knights answerable only to Rome – Tony McMahon explains all.
Turin Shroud – face of a Knight Templar?
The theory that the Turin Shroud does not show the face of Jesus but that of Jacques de Molay – the last Templar grand master. Tony McMahon investigates.
Templar trials sparked the witch hunt craze
The arrest and imprisonment of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1314 shocked Christian Europe – with allegations of heresy and sodomy. But it foreshadowed the witch hunt mania that would grip Europe for centuries.
How the Templars got so rich
In my latest book on the Templars – The Knights Templar: History & Mystery – I explain how this order of holy warriors got so rich, so quick. What was the key to their financial acumen then?
Madeira and the nail from the Crucifixion
A nail from the crucifixion of Jesus reputedly ended up in the hands of the Knights Templar who then took it to the Portuguese island of Madeira
The power of saints relics in the Middle Ages
What was the power behind saints’ relics in the Middle Ages? TV historian Tony McMahon explains the magic of holy body parts!
Templar bankers – thwarting Robin Hood
How did the Knights Templar make it harder for men like Robin Hood to rob the rich by operating a sophisticated financial system?
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