The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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The many Crusades fought in medieval Europe
There wasn’t just one crusade but multiple crusades in medieval Europe from modern Spain all the way up to Russia as Tony McMahon discovers
Read MoreBernardo Gui – inquisitor at the time of the Knights Templar
The BBC is broadcasting a new TV series based on The Name of the Rose – a fantastic novel by the late Italian author Umberto Eco. It tells the story of a Franciscan friar, William of Baskerville, who visits an…
Read MoreThe Knights Templar – guilty or innocent?
So – were the Knights Templar guilty or innocent? Since their downfall, opinions on the guilt of the Knights Templar have been bitterly divided. Right down to our own time, experts have quarrelled over whether the charges against the Order…
Read MoreWere the Knights Templar heretics?
The Knights Templar have been accused of being gnostic and Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates
Read MoreFourth Crusade – Venice destroys Constantinople
The Fourth Crusade saw the most appalling war crime when crusaders funded by Venice destroyed a Christian city – Constantinople. Venice is now an over-visited historical tourist resort in northern Italy subject to flooding and beset of late by the…
Read MoreKnights Templar links to the Cathar heresy
There were links between the Knights Templar and the Cathars or Albigensian heresy that might explain why the King of France crushed the Templars
Read MoreOmne Datum Optimum – the turning point for the Templars
Omne Datum Optimum (Latin for “Every Perfect Gift”) was a Papal Bull that gave full legitimacy to the Knights Templar? So, why was this pronouncement from the Pope so significant to the knights? Omne Datum Optimum – a big turning…
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