Exploring Europe’s Lesser-Known Crusades
There wasn’t just one crusade but multiple crusades in medieval Europe from modern Spain all the way up to Russia as Tony McMahon discovers
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Discovering Knights Hospitaller History at Alexandra Palace
The Knights Hospitaller were once based near Alexandra Palace in north London according to a Victorian source
Templar hero: Hugh de Payens
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
From Roman Temple to Christian church
There is a temple in the Roman Forum in Rome that was nearly demolished but only saved by being converted into a church
Pantheon in Rome – the great survivor!
The Pantheon in Rome survived by being turned into a Catholic church but today can be viewed as the last glorious remnant of the pagan empire.
Medieval Easter – ten pointless facts
One pointless fact after another about Easter in a top ten of Tony McMahon’s Easter Pointless Facts on the Knight Templar blog
Did Saladin become a Knight Templar?
There is an incredible story that stretches credulity that Saladin was knighted by the Knights Templar and became a Templar himself.
Pagans versus Templars in medieval Europe!
Paganism lingered in Europe way into the Middle Ages though eventually the Catholic church suppressed it with violence as Tony McMahon finds out
Inquisition hunts down Christian converts
Christian converts from Judaism and Islam may have hoped to avoid the Spanish Inquisition but the 1506 Lisbon massacre proved otherwise as Tony McMahon reports
Christian saints based on pagans
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at how the lives of Christian saints were often based on pagan heroes and deities worshipped for centuries before
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