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The man behind the theory of the Da Vinci Code

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Tony McMahon

Before Dan Brown popularised the idea of the Templars defending the bloodline of Jesus, there was a 1980s bestseller that also promoted this theory. It was called The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. One of its co-authors was a…

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What medieval chroniclers said about the Templars

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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Much of what we read about the Knights Templar has come from voices since the Order was suppressed in 1307 and there’s a mixture of valid and truthful observations mixed up with complete hokum. So – what did folks at…

Category: Templar History Tags: Benedictine, bernard, betrayal, brotherhood, Chronicle, chronicler, cistercian, crusades, damned, Dominican, jerusalem, John of Salisbury, knights, Matthew Paris, medieval, praise, Templar, templars, treason, trial, Walter Map, William of Tyre