John the Baptist and the Knights Templar
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates a theory that the Knights Templar venerated John the Baptist above Jesus Christ
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Is the Vatican hiding the Ark of the Covenant?
In recent decades, there have been allegations that the Vatican has been hiding treasures from the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem looted by Roman soldiers two thousand years ago and brought back to Rome. This includes the Ark of the Covenant and the Menorah – a symbol sacred to the Jews. My investigations reveal that priests at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome used to boast of their ownership of the Ark and Menorah.
Stormy medieval conclaves to elect popes
The death of a pope results in a conclave to elect another. It’s a secret process that none of us are permitted to witness. In the medieval period, it could be a dangerous affair surrounded by murder, intimidation, corruption, nepotism, and bribery. Let’s investigate the sordid conclaves in Vatican history.
Witchcraft and the Knights Templar
How the trials of the Knights Templar foreshadowed the later witchcraft mania of the 1400s 10 1600s. TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.
What connects the Knights Templar to Rosslyn Chapel?
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the alleged connections between the Knights Templar and Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland
Christians under attack in the Middle East
In December 2024, the regime of Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in Syria and the dictator fled into exile. But there are now concerns for the future of Christians – and other religious minorities – who have a long and turbulent history in Syria stretching back to the Crusades and the Roman Empire. What will happen…
Were the Templars really guilty of sodomy?
The Knights Templar faced two sets of charges during their trials between 1304 and 1314 that fell under Heresy and Sodomy. One crime involved denying the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the supremacy of the Roman Catholic church. The other crime, sodomy, was the use of sex to undermine the natural order of things. Both…
Did the Knights Templar know they were going to be arrested?
Did the Knights Templar know they were going to be arrested? It’s a key question because all those theories about the Templars burying secret treasure in various locations rests on the knights having advance knowledge that the French king’s forces were coming to round them up. Mainstream historians – and contemporary chroniclers – are almost…
Gay Crusaders at war in the Holy Land!
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…
Knights Templar formed after a pilgrim massacre?
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…
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