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 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
The horror of leprosy in the Middle Ages
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Category: Templar History
Tags: attitude, Baldwin, buried, catholic, church, Disease, fear, history, horror, jerusalem, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, leper, medieval, mystery, religion, treatment
Ten movies with great medieval battles! The first is the Battle of Montgisard in 1177 where the leper king of Jerusalem Baldwin IV managed to defeat a numerically superior Saracen force. Here’s how the movie Arn portrayed it. An incredible…
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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 Mediterranean island of Cyprus is now racked by a financial crisis. Demonstrators have taken to the streets in their thousands as savers have been forced to hand up to as much as 10% of their savings to bail out…
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During the crusades, there were numerous plans to try and invade Mecca and Medina to dig up the Prophet Mohammed and despoil the holy places. The view of Templars and all crusaders was that Islam had been a terrible heresy, a…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, destroyed, Hajj, hotel, Islam, Kingdom of Heaven, Mecca, Medina, Mohammed, Muhammad, muslim, Ottoman Empire, Prophet, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, tomb, Wahabbi
The battle at the so-called Horns of Hattin was hugely important for the Crusades – to put it bluntly, it was a disaster for the Christian side. So, let’s summarise why this slaughter of a crusader army by the Saracens…
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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, 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
