How to play medieval Chess
Medieval chess resembled our modern game in most respects but there were key differences in how pieces moved and the board appearance
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The Dark Truths of the Templars – watch me on TV expose some secrets
I will be appearing as a guest several times in a special edition of Forbidden History devoted to exposing the secrets of the Knights Templar. Presented by Jamie Theakston and broadcast on UKTV/Yesterday TV, Forbidden History asks the questions you have all been dying to know the answers to. I will be discussing on Forbidden…
Were the Templars at the Battle of Bannockburn?
It has been alleged that the Knights Templar fled to Scotland and helped the Scottish win the Battle of Bannockburn – Tony McMahon investigates
Templars digging under the Temple of Solomon!
The Knights Templar were based in Jerusalem and it’s said they dug under the Temple Mount looking for treasure like the Holy Grail
The ill treatment of Jews in medieval Lent
The period of Lent leading up to Easter was hazardous for Jews in the Middle Ages falsely accused of the killing of Jesus by ignorant people
Magna Carta – a feminist charter?
Magna Carta is a surprisingly progressive charter for the year 1215 and some of its provisions border on being feminist as Tony McMahon reports
The Knights Templar and Magna Carta
King John and the Knights Templar got on very well and they helped him through the process of signing Magna Carta
English Kings whose bodies have disappeared!
The bodies of many English kings have disappeared so TV historian Tony McMahon sets out to find them but it’s not an easy task
How medieval English churches changed
How English churches have radically transformed since the Knights Templar with the removal of rood screens and whitewashing of walls
A corner of medieval London
Yesterday, I was in the City of London and standing outside Bank tube station, I took three photos to examine the Templar-era medieval history of one small corner of the great city that I live in and adore. Without moving an inch – I first snapped the street sign for Lombard Street. Why is this…
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