Knights Templar and Islam – enemies?
The Islamic influence in Europe is nothing new and you can see amazing Muslim buildings in countries like Spain and Portugal built centuries ago as Tony McMahon discovers
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Why the Knights Templar built round churches
Throughout Christendom the Knights Templar built very distinctive round churches from Tomar and Segovia, to London and the Holy Land. But why? Tony McMahon investigates.
More on the Templars and chess
An earlier blog post on medieval chess was very popular among fans of the Templars and I even got this message all the way from Egypt
Were the Knights Templar illiterate?
There is a widespread belief that the Knights Templar were illiterate but Tony McMahon argues that this makes no sense when you look at their history
Templar Knights versus Mongol warriors
The spectre of the Mongols terrified both Christians and Muslims. Tony McMahon investigates.
Inquisition hunts down Christian converts
Christian converts from Judaism and Islam may have hoped to avoid the Spanish Inquisition but the 1506 Lisbon massacre proved otherwise as Tony McMahon reports
Evidence linking Templars and Freemasons
Let’s examine alleged evidence linking the Templars to the Freemasons.
Interrogation of the Templars in England
In 1309, the papal nuncios – Dieudonné, abbot of Lagny, and Sicard de Lavaur, canon of Narbonne – arrived in England with a mission. They were going to root out the Templars, put them on trial, and turbo-charge the proceedings against the order.
Baldwin IV – the leper king of Jerusalem
Baldwin IV – the leper king of Jerusalem. Tony McMahon appraises his achievements.
Muslim warriors inspired the Templars?
Did the devout Muslim warriors who lived in Ribat fortresses inspire the model for the Knights Templar? Tony McMahon investigates.
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