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Medieval chroniclers who hated the Templars

Tony McMahon15 years ago1 year ago110 mins

Medieval chroniclers – who wrote the history of the Middle Ages – were often very suspicious of the Knights Templar. Tony McMahon investigates.

Plague during the Templar period of history

Tony McMahon15 years ago1 year ago09 mins

When the Knights Templar were fighting in the Holy Land and running their operations across Europe – they might just as easily die of plague as being killed in battle.

The lost medieval wall of London

Tony McMahon15 years ago1 year ago03 mins

Medieval London was a walled city and there’s a still a street called London Wall that follows where the now demolished wall once stood

Templars and sodomy – were the knights gay?

Tony McMahon15 years ago1 year ago816 mins

Most mainstream historians – blushing as they write – dismiss entirely the allegations of sodomy levelled at the Knights Templar in 1307 by the King of France, Philip IV. Tony McMahon wonders if it could have been true.

Missing teenage years of Jesus Christ

Tony McMahon16 years ago1 year ago15 mins

The life of Jesus Christ in the four gospels of the New Testament is not exactly a comprehensive biography. In Luke and Matthew we get the birth story and earliest years of his life and then a yawning gap until we reach the last months of his life – the ministry of Jesus.