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Crusader King Louis and the Crown of Thorns

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Tony McMahon

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Saint King Louis

King Louis IX spent more time on crusades than governing the kingdom of France but he was made a saint as Tony McMahon discovers

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Category: Templar History Tags: Ayyubid, Chapelle, crown of thorns, Damietta, dysentery, egypt, louis, Louis IX, Mamluk, mongol, paris, passion relics, saint, sainte

Newark Castle – Knights Templar prison

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Tony McMahon

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Newark Castle saw many English Knights Templar imprisoned in its dungeons interrogated and tortured after the order was suppressed in 1307

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Category: Templar Mystery Tags: 1307, bishop, castle, Dungeon, dysentery, exhibition, france, king, king john, knight, knights, Lincoln, louis, Magna Carta, medieval, newark, Nottingham, Templar, templars