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.
The Scottish Rite is a part of Freemasonry that evokes the Knights Templar and is rooted in the neo-Templar revival of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Do you know your medieval weapons – a trebuchet for example? Let Tony McMahon be your guide.
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at how the lives of Christian saints were often based on pagan heroes and deities worshipped for centuries before
The disturbing truth that the Knights Templar appear to have traded in slaves investigated by Tony McMahon
The arrest and imprisonment of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1314 shocked Christian Europe – with allegations of heresy and sodomy. But it foreshadowed the witch hunt mania that would grip Europe for centuries.
In my latest book on the Templars – The Knights Templar: History & Mystery – I explain how this order of holy warriors got so rich, so quick. What was the key to their financial acumen then?
The Templar belief in anti-Christ was very strong – and may even have inspired the crusades with the belief that Jerusalem had to be retaken before the end of times
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