Medieval Christmas – eight centuries ago!
What was a medieval Christmas really like? Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates Christmas in the Middle Ages
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Medieval Zombies – how the Walking Dead were a reality 800 years ago
The walking dead in the Middle Ages – may be a reality as Tony McMahon discovers in a north English village cemetery long abandoned
Templar secret initiation rites – the truth
Did the Knights Templar engage in secret initiation rites that were discovered by the Catholic church leading to their downfall?
The ill treatment of Jews in medieval Lent
The period of Lent leading up to Easter was hazardous for Jews in the Middle Ages falsely accused of the killing of Jesus by ignorant people
Jerash – an amazing ancient city in ruins
The ancient Roman city of Jerash never stopped changing through the Byzantine and crusader period though it declined economically and because of earthquakes
The biblical city of Gadara in Jordan
The Templar Knight blog has just visited the biblical city of Gadara – part of the Decapolis – and now known as Um Qais to see its Roman ruins
Saint Lucy with her eyes on a plate
Saint Lucy had her eyes gouged out and today they can be found at a church in Naples as Tony McMahon discovers
The lost medieval wall of London
Medieval London was a walled city and there’s a still a street called London Wall that follows where the now demolished wall once stood
The Knights Templar in Syria
The Knights Templar had a big presence in Syria – at the heart of the Levant – and the crusader kingdoms that formed what was called ‘Outremer’.
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