Templar use of the Cross symbol
The reason why the pope allowed the Knights Templar to put a red cross on their white mantles
The reason why the pope allowed the Knights Templar to put a red cross on their white mantles
Bernard of Clairvaux did not approve of ornamentation in churches or gaudy painting but defended simplicity
Do you know your medieval weapons – a trebuchet for example? Let Tony McMahon be your guide.
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at how the lives of Christian saints were often based on pagan heroes and deities worshipped for centuries before
The Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has been depicted as both a friend and an enemy of the Knights Templar so what is the truth? Tony McMahon investigates.
Contrary to what many think the Knights Templar did not invent the bank cheque – but they certainly popularised its use as Tony McMahon reports
King Philip of France, as depicted in Knightfall, crushed the Templars because he was short of money as Tony McMahon explains
Caves are often associated with the Knights Templar and Tony McMahon has been investigating Wemyss and Tomar as well as Royston and Caynton caves
The Templecombe connection in rumours that the Turin Shroud was once in the hands of the Knights Templar as Tony McMahon explains
The supposed grave of a Templar knight in Westford Massachusetts is fast being eroded away – Tony McMahon reports
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