Medieval divide between Muslims and Christians
The boundary between the medieval Muslim and Christian worlds was very fluid and certain individuals had no difficulty moving from one world to the other
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Cultural destruction by the so-called Islamic State
ISIS destroyed Tikrit the birthplace of Saladin who fought the Knights Templar during the crusades
Knights Templar links to the Cathar heresy
There were links between the Knights Templar and the Cathars or Albigensian heresy that might explain why the King of France crushed the Templars
The Madaba map of Byzantine Jerusalem
The 6th century AD Madaba Map gives an exclusive view of Byzantine Jerusalem in thousands of tiles that make up an amazing mosaic
The Donation of Constantine – a medieval forgery
The Donation of Constantine was a medieval forgery claiming that the Roman emperor Constantine had handed over Rome to the total control of the pope
The mysterious Templar attack on the Assassins
What looks like an unprovoked attack by the Knights Templar on a group of Assassins who had been talking peace terms with the crusader King of Jerusalem
Does the Nativity story make any sense?
Tony McMahon investigates the inconsistencies in the Nativity Story that forms the basis of our traditional Christmas narrative
Saint George and his chains – in Cairo
In a church in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, are the chains reputedly used to bind Saint George and now revered relics of the Coptic church
How the devil was once a handsome fellow!
The devil wasn’t always ugly but was once the most handsome of the angels. So, Tony McMahon asks, how did he get to be such a monster?
Being Jewish in medieval Europe
The fervour of the Crusades often saw public anger turn against Jewish people in medieval Europe.
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