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How the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum
The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Henry II led to a massive pay out to the Knights Templar
Read MoreBring Richard III home!
During my recent visit to York, I was asked to support a campaign to bring the body of king Richard III back to the city for burial in York Minster. You may recall that Richard was the reputed hunchback who…
Read MoreCannibals on crusade – eating flesh in the Middle Ages
Say the word ‘cannibal’ and most people in the west have been brought up to think of some tribe of man eating savages located in the deepest jungle, maybe in a place like Borneo. But in a recent book on…
Read MoreSo was Richard III evil or not?
We’re led to believe now that the Middle Ages ended in a car park in Leicester. OK, the car park wasn’t there in 1485 when the area witnessed the violent Battle of Bosworth. This was where the reigning monarch, Richard…
Read MoreEleanor of Aquitaine versus Pope Celestine
A new BBC programme airing now in the UK looks at the so-called She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens – these were the women who married kings of England but often wielded equal if not more power than their husbands. If you…
Read MoreSaladin the merciful – think again!
The truth about Saladin the merciful and his war against the Crusaders and Knights Templar
Read More“Good” King Richard? Re-appraising the Lionheart
We all know from the story of Robin Hood that Richard the Lionheart – the first king of England called Richard – was a thoroughly good egg who went off to fight the wicked Saracens in the Holy Land. The…
Read MoreRichard the Lionheart massacres captives
Richard the Lionheart massacred captives during the Crusades
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