The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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Stealing bits of Roman statues in the Middle Ages
During the Templar period, the patron saint of Venice wasn’t Saint Mark but Saint Theodore of Amasea. He was one of those martyrs during the Roman period. His statue was placed on top of a pillar in what is now…
Read MoreThe destruction of Constantinople by the crusaders – the year 1204
A Christian city destroyed by crusaders. It had resisted waves of invaders from Bulgars to Russians and the Muslim emirates. But it was brought to its knees by people it should have been able to trust. This was the betrayal…
Read MoreThe Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople
The Fourth Crusade has to stand out as one of the most depressing and destructive events in history. A crusade that was notionally aimed by Christian Europe at the Muslim east but which was cynically diverted by Venice against its…
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