The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
Archives
A Portuguese queen and the Templars
The role of Teresa of Portugal in introducing the Knights Templar to the young kingdom and granting them castles and lands
Read MoreMuslim Spain in the Middle Ages
For a long time, Spain struggled to suppress or forget the centuries of rule under the Islamic caliphate. In the year 711, only decades after the death of the prophet Mohammed, the Iberian peninsula was invaded right up to the…
Read MoreAbu al-Quasim – father of modern surgery
In the centuries before the Knights Templar were formed, much of Europe was ruled by Muslim emirs. These were Islamic polities prepared to absorb the learning of the Greeks and Romans and become learned civilisations. They produced great surgeons, artists…
Read More
