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How the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Tony McMahon

The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Henry II led to a massive pay out to the Knights Templar

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Category: Templar History Tags: altar, assassin, assassination, becket, beckett, canterbury, death, FitzUrse, henry, ireland, jerusalem, John, killed, knight, lionheart, mcmahon, Medieval, money, murder, richard, saint, Templar, Thomas, thomas a becket, treasure, veneration

English Kings whose bodies have disappeared!

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Tony McMahon

The bodies of many famous Kings of England have disappeared over the centuries and never been found again

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Category: Templar History Tags: angevin, Anjou, bad, Beauclerc, Blois, burial, buried, Conqueror, crusade, crusades, Earth, Edward, Edward I, emperor, england, Follett, Fontevraud Abbey, france, Gloucester Cathedral, good, grave, heart, henry, Henry II, henry III, history, John, Ken, king, Knightfall, Knights Templar, lionheart, location, longshanks, Matilda, Pillars, pillars of the earth, Plantagenet, Protestant Reformation, queen, Richard I, Rufus, saladin, Stephen, tomb, westminster abbey

Medieval murdery mystery – question for all of you!

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Tony McMahon

Here is a test of your medieval knowledge – can any of you tell me what terrible deed happened in this tower?

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Category: Templar History Tags: Clifford, crusades, jewish, jews, lionheart, Medieval, richard, York

The mummified heart of Richard the Lionheart

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Tony McMahon

Richard the Lionheart had his heart mummified after being killed during a siege and then the heart disappeared for centuries

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Category: Templar History Tags: Aquitaine, crusade, england, Fontevraud Abbey, france, heart, Holy Land, knights templar, lionheart, mummified, Normandy, richard, Rouen, saracen

Journey to Jaffa – key city in the Crusades

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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Jaffa was a port in the Holy Land of key strategic importance in the Crusades though now reduced to a suburb of Tel Aviv in modern Israel

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Category: Templar News Tags: battle, crusade, crusades, israel, Jaffa, lionheart, Ottoman, peace, richard, saladin, Third Crusade, war, Yafo

Richard the Lionheart – not such a good king!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Tony McMahon

Richard the Lionheart is often depicted as a heroic figure in contrast to his brother King John but is this just propaganda? Was Richard actually a terrible despot?

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Category: Templar History Tags: england, Franks, Holy Land, jews, king john, lionheart, London, Magna Carta, Medieval, richard, Richard I of England, richard the lionheart

Richard the Lionheart massacres captives

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Tony McMahon

Richard the Lionheart may have been more of a mass murderer than a crusader hero. After taking Acre he massacred thousands of Muslim captives

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Category: Templar History Tags: Franks, Geneva Convention, lionheart, richard, Richard I of England, saladin, saracen, Third Crusade