Templar expert Tony McMahon examines how loyal and brave the Knights Templar actually were in reality
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ascalon, Ashkelon, battle, beausant, brave, bravery, buried, burnt, de molay, De Tramelay, Foreign Legion, history, Holy Land, hype, Islam, jerusalem, knight, Knightfall, knights, loyalty, military, Montgisard, muslim, nine, rule, saladin, saracen, SAS, Spartan, stake, standard, Templar, templars, Tremelay, tyre, war, William
It’s often claimed that the Knights Templar were the first bankers or financiers so Tony McMahon investigates whether this is actually true
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banking, banks, bullion, buried, cheque, china, Chinese, christian, crown, crusades, deposit, fair, fairs, finance, france, Genoa, gold, henry III, hidden, Islam, islamic, jewels, king, Knightfall, knights, Medieval, money, Oleron, paris, Philip, sector, Swiss, switzerland, templars, treasure, Troyes, Venice
The latest news on Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame playing a Templar knight in Knightfall on the History channel
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Category: Templar News
Tags: buried, crusade, france, Hamill, hammil, hammill, history, king, knight, Knightfall, Landry, Mark, Nogaret, paris, Philip, queen, season, series, Star Wars, Talus, Temple, TV, war, Warrior
Mark Hamill is to star in season two of the Knight Templar drama Knightfall made by the History channel
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Category: Templar News
Tags: buried, channel, Forbes, hammil, hammill, history, holy, Jedi, Jedi Templars, Knightfall, Lucas, mark hamill, movie, Netflix, sacred, season, Star Wars, Talus, Templar, Tom Forbes, TV
Tony McMahon joins the History channel team on the documentary series Buried to investigate the Knights Templar in Portugal searching for buried treasure
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Category: Templar News
Tags: airing, beardy, broadcast, buried, drama, expert, historian, history, Holy Grail, Knightfall, knights, Landry, Medieval, series, Templar, theory, today, tony mcmahon, truth, TV, UK
Why the Chinon Parchment found in the secret Vatican archives does not exonerate the Knights Templar from the charge of heresy
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 13, 1307, 13th, buried, chinon, christ, Clement, cross, crucifix, crusade, de molay, Frale, france, friday, jesus, king, Knightfall, Knights Templar, Medieval, molay, parchment, Philip, pope, secret, spit, spitting, Templar, trial, vatican
The medieval contemporaries of the Knights Templar who hated the order and criticised them
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Category: Templar History
Tags: avarice, buried, chronicler, critic, greed, history, knight, Knightfall, knights, Matthew Paris, Medieval, money, news, pope, revenue, Saxon, sodomy, Templar, tyre, Walter Map, William
On 30 June, 2018, I’ll be speaking at a special event at the Bradford Literature Festival discussing the Knights Templar with medieval expert Professor Helen Nicholson and broadcaster Remona Aly will be in the chair. Expect a lively debate on…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: 2018, author, books, Bradford, buried, channel, festival, history, Knightfall, knights, Literature, mcmahon, Medieval, mystery, news, Nicholson, Remona Aly, templars, today
Tony McMahon looks at five movies that feature the Knights Templar in their plots from 1972 to the present day
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: 1972, blood, buried, Danish, demon, Denmark, devil, Dolph Lundgren, evil, fantasy, ghost, Gregoire, Holy Grail, horror, knight, Knightfall, lost, Medieval, Minion, new york, night, revenant, revenge, Templar, Tombs of the Blind Dead, treasure
Helen Nicholson talks about her book The Everyday Life of the Templars – a look at how the Templars lived and worked
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Category: Templar History
Tags: author, banker, book, Bradford, buried, crusades, everyday, farmer, festival, Helen, hospitaller, knight, Knightfall, knights, life, Literature, Medieval, Nicholson, preceptory, secret, Templar, today, wealth
