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Magna Carta – a feminist charter?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Tony McMahon

Magna Carta is a surprisingly progressive charter for the year 1215 and some of its provisions border on being feminist as Tony McMahon reports

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Category: Templar History Tags: 1215, british, British values, church, feminist, John, king, Magna Carta, prime minister David Cameron, prison, runnymede, Scotland, Templar, terrorism, values, wales

Did women fight in the Crusades?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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It’s a subject that has vexed historians and history buffs – did women fight in the crusades? There are strong claims that they did. But what role did they actually play? Saracen claim of women on crusade The Saracen chronicler…

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Category: Templar History Tags: crusader, crusades, feminist, Islam, knight, Knightfall, Medieval, men, saracen, Templar, women