The castle of Al-Karak in Jordan – الكرك – الأردن – was visited by my good self in 2013. It is one of the great crusader forts still standing in the region. Unfortunately, three years after my visit, ISIS terrorists…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 1188, Al-karak, battle, castle, crusader, fort, jordan, Knight Templar, Knightfall, military, Montreal, Raynald of Châtillon, saladin, siege, soldier, Templar, terrorist, war, Warrior
Tony McMahon looks at one medieval bad guy after another to decide who was the most evil man in the Middle Ages among popes and kings
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Andronikos, bad, Barbarossa, battle, byzantine, Byzantine Empire, children, constantinople, crusades, Dandolo, Dante, destroy, doge, emperor, Enrico, experiment, fair, Fourth Crusade, france, Frederick, guy, Honorius, John King of England, king john, knight, Knightfall, Komnenos, Magna Carta, Medieval, Philip, pope, Pope Honorius III, siege, Templar, templars, torture, war
The Siege of Acre in 1291 saw the Mamluks overrun the crusader fortress defeating the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Acre, Akko, battle, buried, crusader, Holy Grail, Knight Templar, Knightfall, Knights Hospitaller, Mamluks, saladin, saracen, secret, siege, Templar, treasure, tunnel
Meet Sir William de Mandeville – a Templar hero
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: adventure, book, Cressing, cross, england, essex, Lisbon, Mandeville, murder, novel, Outremer, portugal, quest, siege, Templar, Temple, thriller, true, william de mandeville
There’s some amazing medieval video games out there but do they reflect the real horror of medieval battles and sieges – Tony McMahon reports
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Category: Templar History
Tags: A Plague Tale, battle, Blade, castle, Chronicles of Elyria, crusades, Darkborn, death, game, games, history, knights, Medieval, military, Mordhau, Mount, Mount & Blade, Outward, siege, Templar, templars, The Settlers, torture, Total War, Valhall, video, violence, war
Pity Sir Edmund Springhouse who was roasted in his own armour while fighting the French – a typical horror of medieval warfare
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Category: Templar History
Tags: armor, armour, battle, castle, fortress, knight, Medieval, military, siege, Templar, troop
