Downfall of the Templars – my new book!
Why were the Knights Templar destroyed in the year 1307 – on that fateful date of Friday the 13th? Was it just because the King of France wanted to get his hands on their wealth or was there more to it?

Why were the Knights Templar destroyed in the year 1307 – on that fateful date of Friday the 13th? Was it just because the King of France wanted to get his hands on their wealth or was there more to it?
A prison where Freemasons and Templars had seized control and were torturing the prisoners until they agreed to join their secret organisations. Sounds fantastic?
How the trials of the Knights Templar foreshadowed the later witchcraft mania of the 1400s 10 1600s. TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.
How did the Knights Templar get so rich? Tony McMahon investigates in a new book from the publisher Pen & Sword out in November 2024
On November 30 this year, my new book on the Knights Templar is published by Pen & Sword. It’s the first of a trilogy from this publisher – all authored by me – covering every aspect of this enigmatic order of holy warriors. This will answer every question you’ve ever had on the Knights Templar…
It might amaze you to know that today, several organisations claim to be direct descendants of the Knights Templar. They assert a direct line linking them to the last grand master – Jacques De Molay – who was burned at the stake in 1314. But how many of these organisations – if any – really…
One thinks of The Crusades as being a very macho affair full of swinging swords and the clash of steel – and indeed it was for over two hundred years. During that period, some of the leading warriors provoked gossip over their preference for men between the sheets. Being gay didn’t in any way diminish…
Around the year 1119, a band of knights in Jerusalem formed the order of holy warriors we have come to know as the Knights Templar. But what was their motive? One reason given is that they were shocked by the massacre of hundreds of Easter pilgrims by the Saracens in that year, by the river…
Two 1970s novels claimed the Knights Templar were set up by an extraterrestrial called Baphomet as Tony McMahon discovers
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates top medieval witch hunters of the 14th century and links witchcraft to the Knights Templar
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