Tony McMahon investigates whether the Knights Templar worshipped a head as they were accused of in their trial
Read MoreThe devil wasn’t always ugly but was once the most handsome of the angels. So, Tony McMahon asks, how did he get to be such a monster?
Read MoreHere is a roadside shrine I came across in the town of Ancora in northern Portugal. Behind bars is a painted and carved depiction of sinners amidst flames and above them the triumphant figure of the archangel in what I’m…
Read MoreThere is a growing belief in exorcism in the US and Europe. The casting out of devils is coming back into vogue. It’s something our ancestors would have understood. Evil spirits were all around them waiting to make them sick,…
Read MoreA cautionary medieval tale about the dangers of drinking with the Devil
Read MoreHow Anti-Christ will react to the arrival of the real Jesus Christ according to medieval chroniclers
Read MoreThe Templar belief in anti-Christ was very strong – and may even have inspired the crusades with the belief that Jerusalem had to be retaken before the end of times
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