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Waltham Abbey – the stormy history of a medieval church!
This week, in the English wintry sun, I visited a church packed with history – Waltham Abbey. It’s located in the county of Essex, just 15 minutes by train out of London. The church is famous for including the grave…
Read MoreFive juicy facts about the Knights Templar!
Five facts about the Knights Templar that you may never have known from Templar expert Tony McMahon
Read MoreMedieval divide between Muslims and Christians
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
Read MoreThe medieval glory of… Southampton
The medieval history of Southampton shows a large influx of Normans and close relationships with France
Read MoreMedieval murder mystery – the answer
I posted a photo of a medieval fort over the weekend and asked if any of you knew what terrible deed was committed there. What is the terrible secret of Clifford’s Tower? Opus Anglicanum was quick off the draw and…
Read MoreThe lost castles of London – buried under the city’s streets
The lost castles of London – buried under the city’s streets including Baynards castle and Montfichet Tower
Read MoreThe murder of Thomas Becket
No event shook late twelfth century England as much as the cold-blooded murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket in his own cathedral. The knights who plunged their swords in to him as he clutched at his altar believed…
Read MoreMedieval Killer Priests who terrorised battlefields!
Medieval killer priests were men of the cloth who had no qualms about getting into armour and clubbing their enemies to death in battle
Read MoreWhy did England expel the Jews in the Middle Ages?
It’s not the most pleasant episode in English medieval history to look back on but it happened during the Templar period and we can’t ignore it. I’m writing about the expulsion of the Jews from England. Fortunately, we have an…
Read MoreNewport Tower on Rhode Island – Templar or not?
The theory that Newport Tower on Rhode Island is a Templar construction rests on a map by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano
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