Downfall of the Templars – my new book!
Why were the Knights Templar destroyed in the year 1307 – on that fateful date of Friday the 13th? Was it just because the King of France wanted to get his hands on their wealth or was there more to it?

Why were the Knights Templar destroyed in the year 1307 – on that fateful date of Friday the 13th? Was it just because the King of France wanted to get his hands on their wealth or was there more to it?
How the trials of the Knights Templar foreshadowed the later witchcraft mania of the 1400s 10 1600s. TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.
The trials of the Knights Templar saw prosecutors using accusations of demonic magic and necromancy. It was an early sign that witchcraft and sorcery were moving into the medieval mainstream. Previously, wizards and witches, while being condemned, were viewed as a fringe threat to Christian belief – a hangover from paganism. But in the late…
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates top medieval witch hunters of the 14th century and links witchcraft to the Knights Templar
Was the order of the Knights Templar a covert group of magicians or a bunch of heretics? Tony McMahon investigates
TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the possibility that the Knights Templar were brought down by King Philip in 1307 for being witches
The trial of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1312 foreshadowed the appalling witch hunting mania that was about to grip Europe from the 15th to the early 18th centuries.
During the trials of the Knights Templar between 1307 and 1312 they were accused of worshipping a demon referred to as Baphomet. Tony McMahon investigates.
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