Back in the 1970s, we may have had less TV channels but there was some great Saturday morning viewing. Including a French Knight Templar series, Thibaud ou Les Croisades with the hero played by the French-Canadian actor André Lawrence. It first broadcast between 1968 and 1969 and was then repeated for several years after before…
Horrible Histories is an excellent BBC children’s series that brings history to life and I recommend watching on YouTube or the BBC iPlayer if you are outside the UK
Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates the medieval roots of Halloween which go back to our pagan ancestors and the fate of lost souls
The True Cross was the most venerated relic for the Templars and many legends surround the history of the wood used in the cross to execute Jesus
The church of Bom Jesus in the northern Portuguese city of Braga is a superb example of baroque Catholic kitsch
Tiberias – near to where the Battle of Hattin took place
Constantinople was destroyed during the Fourth Crusade – a treacherous act by Christian crusaders in the year 1204 led by Venice
Tony McMahon discovers how the Knights Templar more than likely went to the toilet during a visit to the castle at Acre in modern Israel
I’m visiting Israel at the moment and just went to the holocaust museum in Tel Aviv. Obviously one reflects on the appalling Nazi holocaust – but I also thought about those many centuries of pogroms and persecutions that Jews faced across Europe. In the Templar period, Jewish people were massacred during the frenzy whipped up…
Images from a visit by Templar expert Tony McMahon to the Holy Sepulchre in 2012. This church is the reputed sight of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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