The Templars took Sintra in Portugal but only held it for 150 years before they were crushed by the Pope and the King of France
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Ark of the Covenant, buried, Dinis, Herculano, history, Holy Grail, jerusalem, knight, Medieval, middle ages, Ordem do Cristo, order of christ, portugal, Sintra, Templar, tomar, tony mcmahon
Sintra in Portugal is a place of mystery associated with the Knights Templar as TV historian Tony McMahon investigates
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Afonso Henriques, Afonso I of Portugal, history, Holy Grail, initiation, jerusalem, knights, Medieval, middle ages, Monteiro, portugal, Regaleira, Sintra, Templar, tomar, tunnel, well
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the historical links between the Knights Templar and gypsies – a secret and fascinating relationship
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Ashkali, bulibasha, buried, Camargue, gypsies, gypsy, Gypsy Kings, history, jerusalem, Jesus Christ, knight, knights, Mary Magdalene, Medieval, middle ages, nails, Robin Hood, Roma, Romani, Saint Sarah, Sarah la Kali, sinclair, Sinti, Templar
TV historian Tony McMahon is now registered with the Past Preservers agency if you’d like him to appear in your history documentary series
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Blog, documentaries, documentary, historian, history, jesus, journal, Medieval, middle ages, online, Past Preservers, print, radio, relic, sacred, Science, Templar, tony mcmahon, Travel, treasure, TV, vlog, YouTube
There are Templar influences in Game of Thrones if you look closely enough as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: bay, byzantine, Cathar, christian, comparison, constantinople, Dorne, empire, fantasy, game of thrones, george, George R. R. Martin, High Sparrow, history, iconoclasm, iconoclast, J R R Tolkein, king, Kingdom, knight, Knights Templar, Martin, Medieval, middle ages, Night's Watch, Nights, Qarth, queen, Roses, Seville, slaver, Templar, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkein, true, war, Westeros
This blog started way back in 2010 – and I’ve gone back and compiled the top ten most popular Templar blog posts over the last eight years. There are some that are no longer top scoring on the views front…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ark of the Covenant, arn, barbara, Bradford, braveheart, buried, Catholic, chance, christopher, fact, festival, fortuna, fortune, game of thrones, Geese, Guillou, Helen Nicholson, history, Holy Grail, Jan Guillou, jerusalem, jewish, jews, Kabbala, kabbalah, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, knights, Literature, lottery, luck, Medieval, middle ages, Nätterqvist, Nicholas, orlando bloom, OSMTH, Outlaw king, pantaleon, professor, Ridley Scott, rite, ritual, rome, sacked, Safed, saint, saints, secret, Solomon, sorte, Southwark, suerte, sweden, Swedish, Templar, templars, Temple, truth, turin shroud, vatican, Winchester
What was a medieval Christmas really like? Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates Christmas in the Middle Ages
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Category: Templar History
Tags: abbot, Ancient, blind, buff, carol, Christmas, dark, dulci, egg, feast, feasting, game, games, goose, jubilo, light, Lord, Medieval, middle ages, mike oldfield, misrule, modern, sun, Templar, turkey, unreason, wassail, wassailing, winter solstice, Yule, yuletide
Episode 2 of Knightfall – the plot so far
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Boniface, buried, Catalan, death, england, fact, Grail, history, holy, Isabella, Knightfall, knights, Landry, marriage, medieval, middle ages, Nogaret, paris, pope, real, reality, Templar, templars, today, true
How White Supremacists and Islamist extremists exploit the Middle Ages for their own political gain
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Category: Templar History
Tags: al aqsa, al qaeda, alt-right, Anders Breivik, Caliphate, Charlottesville, crusade, Daesh, Deus Vult, extreme, far right, ISIS, Islam, jerusalem, jihad, khawarij, knights, koran, medieval, middle ages, mosque, muslim, Non Nobis Domine, Ottoman Empire, Quran, racism, racist, right, salafi, saracen, Solomon, supremacist, takfir, Templar, Wahabbi, white
Medieval Easter was way more important than Easter is today. Two reasons. One was the celebration of the resurrection of Christ and the other was the rebirth of the countryside. In feudal rural societies – never far from starvation –…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: byzantine, christ, crucifixion, Easter, faith, jesus, Latin, medieval, middle ages, religion, risen, Templar, Whitsun
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