Pope Clement V tried to save the Knights Templar but found himself up against King Philip of France who got his way as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: avignon, Clement, Clement V, escape, gaol, imprisoned, jail, king, King Philip, Kingdom, Kingdom of Heaven, knight, knights, Philip IV of France, Philip the Fair, pope, prison, Templar, templars, trial
This blog started way back in 2010 – and I’ve gone back and compiled the top ten most popular Templar blog posts over the last eight years. There are some that are no longer top scoring on the views front…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ark of the Covenant, arn, barbara, Bradford, braveheart, buried, Catholic, chance, christopher, fact, festival, fortuna, fortune, game of thrones, Geese, Guillou, Helen Nicholson, history, Holy Grail, Jan Guillou, jerusalem, jewish, jews, Kabbala, kabbalah, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, knights, Literature, lottery, luck, Medieval, middle ages, Nätterqvist, Nicholas, orlando bloom, OSMTH, Outlaw king, pantaleon, professor, Ridley Scott, rite, ritual, rome, sacked, Safed, saint, saints, secret, Solomon, sorte, Southwark, suerte, sweden, Swedish, Templar, templars, Temple, truth, turin shroud, vatican, Winchester
Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates how the leprosy pandemic terrified the medieval world and led to victims being excluded from mainstream society
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Category: Templar History
Tags: attitude, Baldwin, buried, catholic, church, Coronavirus, Covid, Disease, fear, Hansens, history, horror, jerusalem, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, leper, leprosy, medicine, medieval, mystery, pandemic, plague, religion, treatment, victim
Movie after movie with a great medieval battle scene – Tony McMahon looks at the best of these historical hack ‘n slash pictures at the cinema
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 13th Warrior, arn, Bastards, battle, Battle of Montgisard, braveheart, game of thrones, History Channel, Horns of Hattin, Islam, Joan of Arc, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, Lord of the Rings, Maleficent, medieval, movie, Vikings
The Knights Templar had an unhappy time trying to rule Cyprus faced with a revolt they had to crush with a massacre of the local population
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The crusaders and Knights Templar suffered a horrific defeat at the Battle of Hattin and Tony McMahon examines the Saracen point of view of their victory
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Aleppo, allah, battle of hattin, egypt, Franks, Galilee, Horns of Hattin, Islam, israel, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, lebanon, muslim, orlando bloom, point of view, Raynald of Châtillon, Reynald, saladin, saracen, syria, Templar, Tiberias, ummah
Tiberias – near to where the Battle of Hattin took place
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Category: Templar History
Tags: buried, discovery, ford, Gerard, hattin, History Channel, horns, jacob, Kingdom of Heaven, knight, Knightfall, Raynald of Châtillon, Ridefort, saladin, Templar, Tiberias, Yesterday TV
