What was in the Knight Templar rule book?
Templar expert Tony McMahon reveals the Rule book of the Knights Templar and how it covered everything from eating to praying
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Templar hero: André de Montbard
The story of Templar Grand Master André de Montbard and his relationship with Bernard of Clairvaux the spiritual mentor of the knights
Templar hero: Hugh de Payens
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
Were the Knights Templar heretics?
The Knights Templar have been accused of being gnostic and Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates
Five Templar Hotspots you need to visit!
Five key places mentioned in the Templar novel Quest for the True Cross by Tony McMahon
Martim Moniz – Portuguese crusader hero
Martim Moniz was a Portuguese crusader who was famously crushed to death placing his body into a castle gateway to keep it open.
Roger II – multicultural crusader warrior!
Roger II was a crusader-era king who fought for the Catholic faith but created a kingdom that fused western, Byzantine, and Islamic culture in an unexpected multicultural mix that aroused suspicion and led to his excommunication by the pope. Tony McMahon investigates.
Bernard of Clairvaux defends Jewish people
I’m visiting Israel at the moment and just went to the holocaust museum in Tel Aviv. Obviously one reflects on the appalling Nazi holocaust – but I also thought about those many centuries of pogroms and persecutions that Jews faced across Europe. In the Templar period, Jewish people were massacred during the frenzy whipped up…
Omne Datum Optimum – the Pope and the Templars
With the Papal Bull Omne Datum Optimum, the pope gave unbelievable powers to the Knights Templar and no accountability except to Rome
Creation of the Knights Templar
The origins of the Knights Templar are wrapped in mystery. Were they set up by the Priory of Sion or Rex Deus or just a security force protecting pilgrims?
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