Muslims and Christians – friends and enemies
The boundary between the medieval Muslim and Christian worlds was very fluid and certain individuals had no difficulty moving from one world to the other

The boundary between the medieval Muslim and Christian worlds was very fluid and certain individuals had no difficulty moving from one world to the other
ISIS or Daesh has perpetrated appalling crimes against both humanity and our historical legacy destroying priceless antiquities
In the year 1215, King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta by his barons which limited royal power in England.
In the medieval period – Roman statues were often cut up and reused as images of saints and biblical characters.
The Templar church in London suffered a Nazi Luftwaffe bomb attack in the Second World War that damaged the tombs of knights
Carcassone is a stunning example of a medieval walled city that takes your breath away as you approach it. But it’s had a grim and turbulent history as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers.
What are the top ten medieval battles in movies? TV historian Tony McMahon gives us his top picks from a wide range of brilliant films.
One pointless fact after another about Easter in a top ten of Tony McMahon’s Easter Pointless Facts on the Knight Templar blog
Good Friday 2012 found Tony McMahon in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem watching as Easter pilgrims came into worship where Jesus was crucified
TV historian Tony McMahon explains the different methods of medieval torture used by the inquisition against heretics
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