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The Winchester Geese – medieval prostitution

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Tony McMahon

The Winchester Geese were medieval prostitutes and this blog looks at how they got their name.

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Category: Templar History Tags: Bishop of Winchester, brothel, burial, buried, church, Cross Bones, england, Knightfall, London, mcmahon, medieval, Middle Age, Obidos, prostitution, sex, sin, Southwark, stew, stews, taverns, Templar, Winchester Palace

The Forgotten Crusade

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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Victory and Defeat – part III of the BBC series ‘The Crusades‘ aired tonight in the UK. Jerusalem had fallen once more to Islam while three Christian kingdoms – Antioch, Tripoli and (confusingly) Jerusalem – clung on to the coastline….

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Category: Templar History Tags: Acre, crusade, france, Islam, joinville, louis, mamlukes, Medieval, murder, prostitution, Vitry