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The Assassins – a medieval death cult

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Tony McMahon

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The Assassins were a medieval death cult that today would be regarded as terrorists as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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Category: Templar History Tags: Assassins, Assassins Creed, crusader, crusades, history, Islam, jerusalem, Marco Polo, Medieval, muslim, Nizari, Old Man of the Mountain, shia, sunni, Templar

Were the Knights Templar heretics?

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Tony McMahon

The Knights Templar have been accused of being gnostic and Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates

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Category: Templar History Tags: 1307, Abraxas, Albigensian, Arian, assassin, bernard, Cathar, catholic, church, Clairvaux, crusade, gnostic, heresy, heretical, innocent, Inquisition, Ismaili, knights, man, medieval, Montferrat, mountain, murder, myth, Nogaret, old, Plato, pope, Puylaurens, rome, saladin, shia, Soumrak templářů, Templar, Toulouse, Waldensian

The Crusade in Egypt – land of the Pyramids

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Tony McMahon

Egypt was as much a target for Crusader and Knight Templar activity as other parts of the Middle East as Tony McMahon discovers

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Category: Templar History Tags: Baghdad, byzantine, Cairo, Caliphate, crusader, egypt, Fatimid, Fatimid Caliphate, Islam, jerusalem, shia, sunni

Assassin’s Creed – so did the REAL assassins hate the Templars that much?

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Tony McMahon

Did the real Knights Templar hate the Assassins? The claim made in Assassin’s Creed may not be true

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Category: Templar History Tags: Abstergo, assassin, civilization, creed, Desmond Miles, Eden, History Channel, human, Isu, Knightfall, mountain, Precursors, real, sapien, shia, Templar