The Pope calls for a Crusade against Islam
Pope Urban called for a crusade to defend the Byzantine empire against the Seljuk Turks who had converted to Islam and now approached Constantinople
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Saint Christopher the Doghead
Medieval people believed in the existence of dogheads one of which was Saint Christopher as Tony McMahon investigates
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
How the Popes supported the Knights Templar
How the papacy gave the Knights Templar official recognition making the knights answerable only to Rome – Tony McMahon explains all.
Templars – timeline to termination!
Here is the timeline for the arrest, trial and execution of the Knights Templar from the year 1307 onwards – described by TV historian Tony McMahon
Were the Christians to blame for the Crusades?
Should we blame Christians alone for the crusades? Some historians think not. Tony McMahon investigates.
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