It’s hard to believe today but if you went back to the 13th century – you would have found something very different at Hampton Court Palace. No magnificent complex of Tudor and Stuart buildings but a medieval manor run by the Knights Hospitaller – under the direction of the Priory at Clerkenwell, which was the…
The Siege of Malta in 1565 was a decisive battle between the Muslim Ottomans and the Knights Hospitaller as Tony McMahon discovers
Cyprus was dominated by the Knights Templar who bought the island from Richard the Lionheart as Tony McMahon discovers
Temple church in London has survived the destruction of the Knights Templar and bombing in the Second World War as Tony McMahon discovers
The Siege of Acre in 1291 saw the Mamluks overrun the crusader fortress defeating the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar
Dr Evelyn Lord talked to the blog about life for the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages giving a very realistic account.
What links the Knights Templar to the Jewish mystical codes of the magical Kabbalah? Tony McMahon explains.
The Teutonic Knights were a military order similar to the Knights Templar. Who were they? Tony McMahon investigates.
A description of the Knights Hospitaller – rivals to the Knights Templar – with TV historian Tony McMahon discovering why they survived when the Templars did not.
The aftermath of the Battle of Hattin was the slaughter of Knights Templar who refused to convert and the killing of Raynald de Chatillon
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