Exploring Ukraine’s Knights Templar Heritage
Incredibly the Knights Templar were in Ukraine and you can see remains of a castle they built at Serednie as Tony McMahon discovers
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King Louis IX: The Monk King of France
King Louis IX spent more time on crusades than governing the kingdom of France but he was made a saint as Tony McMahon discovers
The Warriors of Resurrection Ertugrul: Life in the 13th Century
The actor Ismail Kargi contacted me to share his experience of appearing in the Netflix epic series Resurrection: Ertugrul and shared some images
Resurrection: Ertugrul – medieval epic TV from Turkey
Resurrection: Ertugrul is a hugely successful medieval historical TV drama series on Netflix where the Knights Templar are the bad guys
Top ten medieval battles in the movies!
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.
Jacques de Molay – last Templar grand master
Jacques de Molay was the last Templar Grand Master burnt at the stake in 1314 after the Knights Templar were crushed by the King of France
Secret letters between the Popes and Mongols
One of the weirdest diplomatic exchanges in history was between the medieval Popes and the invading Mongols from the east. Rome hoped it could convince these fearsome tribes not to attack Christians – and maybe even convert to Roman Catholicism. The Mongols responded with demands that the pope submit to their power. Incredibly, some of the letters from the Mongol khans have been kept in the Vatican Secret Archives for eight hundred years.
Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasion
The Mongol invasion of central Asia, the Middle East, and into Europe struck terror into the hearts of all those it encountered.
Templar Knights versus Mongol warriors
The spectre of the Mongols terrified both Christians and Muslims. Tony McMahon investigates.
Templar involvement in the slave trade?
The disturbing truth that the Knights Templar appear to have traded in slaves investigated by Tony McMahon
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