The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
Archives
How White Supremacists and Islamists exploit the Middle Ages
How White Supremacists and Islamist extremists exploit the Middle Ages for their own political gain
Read MoreSpain and Portugal – battle between Islam and Christianity
Hard to believe that modern Spain and Portugal were once part of a global caliphate (from 711 CE) – ruled by Muslim emirs. It then became a battleground between Islam and Christianity for eight hundred years. Finally, by 1492, the…
Read MoreMuslim Spain in the Middle Ages
For a long time, Spain struggled to suppress or forget the centuries of rule under the Islamic caliphate. In the year 711, only decades after the death of the prophet Mohammed, the Iberian peninsula was invaded right up to the…
Read MoreThe Crusaders in Egypt
From the middle of the twelfth century AD, the crusaders began looking at Egypt as the territory they had to annex if their venture was to have any chance of success. I say “Egypt” but of course the nation that…
Read MoreSantiago de Compostela – burial place of Saint James the Apostle
Saint James the Apostle is claimed to be buried in the Spanish town of Santiago de Compostela. A huge basilica has been built over the site of his remains. And behind the high altar, pilgrims climb a narrow staircase to…
Read MoreThe Islamic Capitals of al-Andalus: Cordoba – Seville – Granada
Long time followers of this blog might recall my lovely photos of Cordoba when I wrote about the extent of Islamic rule in Europe a thousand years ago. Being half-Portuguese (my mother is from Porto) I’ve always been fascinated by…
Read More
