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Medieval murder mystery – the answer
I posted a photo of a medieval fort over the weekend and asked if any of you knew what terrible deed was committed there. What is the terrible secret of Clifford’s Tower? Opus Anglicanum was quick off the draw and…
Read MoreMy journey to Israel – the Wailing Wall
More accurately this should be called the Western Wall – all that remains of the incredible Temple complex built by King Herod and destroyed by the Romans – a place of fervent prayer for orthodox Jews as I saw with…
Read MoreWhy did England expel the Jews in the Middle Ages?
It’s not the most pleasant episode in English medieval history to look back on but it happened during the Templar period and we can’t ignore it. I’m writing about the expulsion of the Jews from England. Fortunately, we have an…
Read MoreJews and the Knights Templar – a complex relationship
The relationship between the Jews and the Knights Templar was complex with the knights protecting Jewish people
Read MoreSeventeen Jewish bodies found in medieval well in England
A grim reminder of the pogroms that accompanied the crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries in Europe has been the gruesome discovery in England of seventeen skeletons in a medieval well. The skeletons, jumbled together, have been subjected to…
Read MoreThe Templars and the secrets of the Kabbalah
Some believe that the Knights Templar were dabbling in the dark magical arts of the Kabbalah
Read MoreThe senseless massacre of Jews during the Crusades
Crusades began with the senseless massacre of Jewish people in Europe identified by mobs as being infidels like the Saracens
Read MoreUsury and the Knights Templar
The differences and similarities between Jewish moneylenders and the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages
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