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…
Read More
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
Here they are – the TOP baddies of the Middle Ages! KING JOHN OF ENGLAND Took on the barons and lost, then made to sign Magna Carta Excommunicated by the Pope Mislaid the crown jewels in a marshy swamp Fled…
Read More
Category: Templar History
Tags: Andronikos, Barbarossa, battle, byzantine, Byzantine Empire, children, constantinople, crusades, Dandolo, Dante, destroy, doge, emperor, Enrico, experiment, fair, Fourth Crusade, france, Frederick, Honorius, John King of England, king john, knight, Knightfall, Komnenos, Magna Carta, Medieval, Philip, pope, Pope Honorius III, siege, Templar, templars, torture, war
Meet Sir William de Mandeville – a Templar hero
Read More
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
Some of the brutality and horror that used to occur during medieval sieges to intimidate the enemy
Read More
Category: Templar History
Tags: army, battle, buried, castle, crusades, death, destruction, execution, faith, First Crusade, Gascony, history, hunger, Knightfall, knights, Medieval, Middle Age, military, siege, Templar, templars, torture, violence, war
The horror for medieval knights of being roasted to death in their metal armour
Read More
Category: Templar History
Tags: armor, armour, battle, castle, fortress, knight, Medieval, military, siege, Templar, troop
