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Crusader King Louis and the Crown of Thorns

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Tony McMahon

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Saint King Louis

King Louis IX spent more time on crusades than governing the kingdom of France but he was made a saint as Tony McMahon discovers

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Category: Templar History Tags: Ayyubid, Chapelle, crown of thorns, Damietta, dysentery, egypt, louis, Louis IX, Mamluk, mongol, paris, passion relics, saint, sainte

The glory of Carcassone and its turbulent history

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Tony McMahon

A look at the best medieval walled cities in the world

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Category: Templar History Tags: 19th, Carcassone, Cathar, century, Chapelle, Denis, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, fake, false, London, medieval, nineteenth, Notre Dame, Obidos, restoration, saint, Southampton, Templar, tomar, Viollet-le-Duc, walls, York