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Leprosy – a disease that terrified the medieval world!

Tony McMahon6 years ago9 months ago58 mins

Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates how the leprosy pandemic terrified the medieval world and led to victims being excluded from mainstream society

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How was medieval Easter celebrated?

Tony McMahon7 years ago9 months ago56 mins

Easter was massively important in the medieval world marking the death and resurrection of Jesus as well as the return of the sun – with all its pagan connotations as Tony McMahon discovers

Jesus and the Holy Grail in England

Tony McMahon13 years ago9 months ago212 mins

In the Middle Ages, it was believed that Jesus worked as a miner in England and that his uncle Joseph of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to Somerset

Tomar – an imagining of Templar rule in Portugal

Tony McMahon13 years ago9 months ago21 mins

Following my post on the Templar stronghold of Tomar in Portugal – here is a video imagining what Tomar would have been like at the height of a Templar power. Enjoy!

The senseless massacre of Jews during the Crusades

Tony McMahon13 years ago9 months ago116 mins

Crusades began with the senseless massacre of Jewish people in Europe identified by mobs as being infidels like the Saracens

The more bizarre and strange saints

Tony McMahon13 years ago9 months ago24 mins

The Catholic church is full of strange saints with very odd stories as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers with a bit of digging around

Braveheart versus the Knights Templar!

Tony McMahon13 years ago9 months ago08 mins

Here’s a Knights Templar fact you never knew about the movie Braveheart. In one of the Scottish hero’s biggest military clashes – two Knight Templar grand masters were killed! Mel Gibson missed the chance to depict a truly epic scene in his movie Braveheart – the slaughter of two leading Knights Templar by his hero’s forces. And…