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

Tony McMahon investigates some Templar castles where the knights’ treasure may indeed be buried such as Tomar and Montsegur
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 saw many English Knights Templar imprisoned in its dungeons interrogated and tortured after the order was suppressed in 1307
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the possibility that the Knights Templar were brought down by King Philip in 1307 for being witches
TV historian Tony McMahon explains the different methods of medieval torture used by the inquisition against heretics
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.
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. Tony McMahon appraises his achievements.
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