Templar revenge on the corpse of King Philip!
King Philip of France who crushed the Knights Templar had his body dug up and treated like garbage – was this the final revenge of the Knights?
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Why were bodies defleshed in the Crusades?
Defleshing bodies during the Crusades was a gruesome practice to preserve dead nobles on their way back home as Tony McMahon discovers
Waltham Abbey – the stormy history of a medieval church!
Waltham Abbey is a church with a stormy history as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers after a visit to this fascinating historical site
English Kings whose bodies have disappeared!
The bodies of many famous Kings of England have disappeared over the centuries and never been found again
The Winchester Geese – medieval prostitution
The Winchester Geese were medieval prostitutes and this blog looks at how they got their name.
Funeral effigies – how the dead appeared at their own burial
At Westminster Abbey in the crypt there are incredible funeral effigies of how the dead appeared at their own burial as Tony McMahon discovers
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