Discover Medieval Castles with hidden Templar treasure!
Tony McMahon investigates some Templar castles where the knights’ treasure may indeed be buried such as Tomar and Montsegur
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Friday 13th and the end of the Knights Templar
Friday the 13th is seen as unlucky and associated with the arrest of the Knights Templar – but is the connection true or false?
Newark Castle – Knights Templar prison
Newark Castle saw many English Knights Templar imprisoned in its dungeons interrogated and tortured after the order was suppressed in 1307
Witchcraft and the Templar Trials: A Dark Connection
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the possibility that the Knights Templar were brought down by King Philip in 1307 for being witches
Methods of medieval torture explained
TV historian Tony McMahon explains the different methods of medieval torture used by the inquisition against heretics
Templar trials sparked the witch hunt craze
The arrest and imprisonment of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1314 shocked Christian Europe – with allegations of heresy and sodomy. But it foreshadowed the witch hunt mania that would grip Europe for centuries.
Interrogation of the Templars in England
In 1309, the papal nuncios – Dieudonné, abbot of Lagny, and Sicard de Lavaur, canon of Narbonne – arrived in England with a mission. They were going to root out the Templars, put them on trial, and turbo-charge the proceedings against the order.
Baldwin IV – the leper king of Jerusalem
Baldwin IV – the leper king of Jerusalem. Tony McMahon appraises his achievements.
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