I was contacted today by a real estate agent asking if any of you would be interested in buying a genuine 12th century Templar commanderie in France – the idyllic Dordogne to be exact. READ MORE: Were the Templars the first bankers? Must admit I don’t have the cash to spare myself but just in…
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates medieval Southampton which was once a bustling and wealth port in southern England
Teresa of Leon and her son Afonso of Portugal loved the Knights Templar but hated each other with a vengeance as Tony McMahon discovers
Richard the Lionheart had his heart mummified after being killed during a siege and then the heart disappeared for centuries
Spain was part of the Muslim caliphate from 711 until the year 1492 and gave rise to a great medieval civilisation – Tony McMahon discovers
Jacques de Molay was the last Templar Grand Master burnt at the stake in 1314 after the Knights Templar were crushed by the King of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine was the fiery queen of King Henry II and the most powerful woman in Europe as Tony McMahon discovers
A terrible and disgraceful act when England conducted a racist pogrom and expelled its Jews in the 13th century
How Egypt came to be the centre of a bloody crusade pitching Christian Europe against the Muslim caliphate with devastating consequences
Les Rois Maudits is a French television series that looks at why King Philip of France arrested the Knights Templar as Tony McMahon discovers
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