The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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Investigating the Knights Templar with Scott Wolter – on America Unearthed
The intrepid Scott Wolter has been back on American TV screens once more with his incredible investigative series America Unearthed. I was honoured to be asked to hook up with Scott in Scotland to unearth clues that might prove the…
Read MoreHenry VIII on British TV – yes, that’s me in the costume
Tony McMahon appears as Henry VIII on The Big Audition on ITV talking about the king’s life and failed marriages
Read MoreHow the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum
The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Henry II led to a massive pay out to the Knights Templar
Read MoreEnglish Kings whose bodies have disappeared!
The bodies of many famous Kings of England have disappeared over the centuries and never been found again
Read MoreDiamond Jubilee of England’s Queen – has anybody reigned longer?
2012 was the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and she held Diamond Jubilee celebrations to commemorate the landmark date. I blogged asking if any English monarchs had ruled longer – read on! The answer, of course,…
Read MoreThe murder of Thomas Becket
No event shook late twelfth century England as much as the cold-blooded murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket in his own cathedral. The knights who plunged their swords in to him as he clutched at his altar believed…
Read MoreFuneral effigies – how the dead appeared at their own burial
Wooden figures of the dead were often placed next to tombs – life like images of the deceased
Read MoreKing John and the Templar master
The role that the Templar knights played supporting King John during the signing of the Magna Carta
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