The Basilica of St Denis was the last resting place of the Kings and Queens of France – until they were exhumed in the French Revolution as Tony McMahon discovered
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banlieue, basilica, basilique, beau, burial, church, death, eglise, exhumed, fair, france, history, killed, kings, paris, Philip, queens, revolution, St Denis
In February and March this year (2019), I was in Paris researching a TV programme and made two visits inside Notre Dame cathedral. It’s as unmissable a monument at the very heart of Paris as it has been for over…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: accident, arson, cathedral, damage, death, emblem, fire, flames, future, history, knight, Macron, Medieval, Notre Dame, paris, past, repair, revolution, roof, spire, Templar, today, tower, wooden
Tony McMahon searches for the exact spot where Templar grand master Jacques de Molay was executed in Paris
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 1307, 1314, Île de la Cité, bridge, buried, burning, death, execution, expert, grand master, historian, history, jacques de molay, knight, Knightfall, mcmahon, monument, paris, place, Pont Neuf, site, stake, Templar, today, Tony, trial
It’s often claimed that the Knights Templar were the first bankers or financiers so Tony McMahon investigates whether this is actually true
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banking, banks, bullion, buried, cheque, china, Chinese, christian, crown, crusades, deposit, fair, fairs, finance, france, Genoa, gold, henry III, hidden, Islam, islamic, jewels, king, Knightfall, knights, medieval, money, Oleron, paris, Philip, sector, Swiss, switzerland, templars, treasure, Troyes, Venice
The latest news on Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame playing a Templar knight in Knightfall on the History channel
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Category: Templar News
Tags: buried, crusade, france, Hamill, hammil, hammill, history, king, knight, Knightfall, Landry, Mark, Nogaret, paris, Philip, queen, season, series, Star Wars, Talus, Temple, TV, war, Warrior
Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates whether there was another Grand Master called Larmenius appointed by Jacques De Molay before he was burned at the stake
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: buried, charter, church, de molay, grand master, history, Johannes, johannite, knight, Larmenius, Medieval, paris, solar, Templar, Temple, Theobaldus, trial
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
The truth about Pope Boniface VIII and his struggle with King Philip of France
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: avignon, cash, Clement, france, kidnap, King Philip, knights, knights templar, le Bel, money, Nogaret, paris, Phillip, pope, Pope Boniface, riches, rome, Templar, the Fair, torture, treasure, VIII
Were the Knights Templar really the guardians of the Holy Grail?
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: al aqsa, Arimathea, Arthur, Arthurian, Boron, buried, catholic, cauldron, Celtic, Chretien, Clement, cup, Hermann, Holy Grail, Holy Land, jerusalem, jesus, Joseph, king, Knightfall, knights, Kyot, Lancelot, legend, Monmouth, paris, Parzival, Percival, Philip, pope, Provence, Solomon, Templar, Thuringia, Toledo, tomar, Troyes, Wagner, Wolfram von Eschenbach
