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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Links between Freemasons and Knights Templar?
The links between the Knights Templar and the Freemasons exposed by TV historian Tony McMahon
Shriners – the fez wearing Freemasons
The Shriners are a sub-set of the Freemasons who are often said to have been influenced by the Knights Templar – so who are they? Tony McMahon investigates
Last French king imprisoned in Templar fortress
The Paris Temple ended up being the final prison for King Louis XVI before he was executed – an act often construed as the last vengeance of the Knights Templar
Antichrist and the Knights Templar
The Templar belief in anti-Christ was very strong – and may even have inspired the crusades with the belief that Jerusalem had to be retaken before the end of times
Interrogation of the Templars in England
In 1309, the papal nuncios – Dieudonné, abbot of Lagny, and Sicard de Lavaur, canon of Narbonne – arrived in England with a mission. They were going to root out the Templars, put them on trial, and turbo-charge the proceedings against the order.
How the Knights Templar came to be in Ireland
The Knights Templar were in Ireland not long after their formation in the twelfth century. Tony McMahon investigates.
Missing teenage years of Jesus Christ
The life of Jesus Christ in the four gospels of the New Testament is not exactly a comprehensive biography. In Luke and Matthew we get the birth story and earliest years of his life and then a yawning gap until we reach the last months of his life – the ministry of Jesus.
Baldwin IV – the leper king of Jerusalem
Baldwin IV – the leper king of Jerusalem. Tony McMahon appraises his achievements.
Unpleasant relics of saints – body parts!
There are some truly bizarre relics of saints from the Middle Ages and the Templars were fond of collecting them
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