Exploring Europe’s Lesser-Known Crusades
There wasn’t just one crusade but multiple crusades in medieval Europe from modern Spain all the way up to Russia as Tony McMahon discovers
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The Hagia Sophia Debate: Museum or Mosque?
The Hagia Sophia is to be turned back into a mosque having been a museum for eighty years after a court decision now enforced by President Erdogan
Resurrection: Ertugrul – medieval epic TV from Turkey
Resurrection: Ertugrul is a hugely successful medieval historical TV drama series on Netflix where the Knights Templar are the bad guys
Game of Thrones vs. Knights Templar: A Historical Analysis
There are Templar influences in Game of Thrones if you look closely enough as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers
Constantinople: The Heart of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople was the capital of what we call the Byzantine Empire that ruled for a thousand years but was attacked in 1204 by crusaders
Fourth Crusade – Venice destroys Constantinople
In the Fourth Crusade, the Doge of Venice and an army of western crusaders destroyed the Byzantine Empire capital of Constantinople.
Where Jacques de Molay was executed
TV historian Tony McMahon visited the exact spot where Templar grand master Jacques de Molay was executed in 1314
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
Constantinople destroyed by crusaders
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the looting and destruction of Constantinople by crusaders in 1204
Were the Crusades based on Fake News?
Medieval fake news may have started two hundred years of Crusades with a forged letter from the Byzantine emperor to the Christian west begging for help
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