Talking Templars – new podcast series!
Talking Templars is a new podcast series on the Knights Templar presented by Dr Steve Tibble and Tony McMahon on Spotify and YouTube
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Win a copy of my new Templar book!
Win a copy of my new book on the Knights Templar through a giveaway I’ve organised on Goodreads up until the end of January 2025
Uncovering the Secrets of Templar Wealth and Finance
How did the Knights Templar get so rich? Tony McMahon investigates in a new book from the publisher Pen & Sword out in November 2024
Were the Templars really guilty of sodomy?
The Knights Templar faced two sets of charges during their trials between 1304 and 1314 that fell under Heresy and Sodomy. One crime involved denying the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the supremacy of the Roman Catholic church. The other crime, sodomy, was the use of sex to undermine the natural order of things. Both…
Did the Templars Anticipate Their Arrest?
Did the Knights Templar know they were going to be arrested? It’s a key question because all those theories about the Templars burying secret treasure in various locations rests on the knights having advance knowledge that the French king’s forces were coming to round them up. Mainstream historians – and contemporary chroniclers – are almost…
The Knights Hospitaller: Guardians of Hampton Court
It’s hard to believe today but if you went back to the 13th century – you would have found something very different at Hampton Court Palace. No magnificent complex of Tudor and Stuart buildings but a medieval manor run by the Knights Hospitaller – under the direction of the Priory at Clerkenwell, which was the…
The Knights Templar in Gaza
It’s a little known fact that the city of Gaza was run by the Knights Templar during the Crusades as Tony McMahon discovers
Knights Templar and Freemasons – linked or not?
If the Knights Templar and Freemasons are connected in some way then how to explain it? We need to get to the bottom of this mystery and discover the truth. Is there any link between the Templars and Masons or is it entirely a myth? Regardless of your own view, the story is fascinating. Let…
Talking Knights Templar on TV
TV historian Tony McMahon appears on GBNews with Anne Diamond to discuss the Knights Templar and a new discovery
The Siege of Malta: Knights Hospitaller’s Defiance
The Siege of Malta in 1565 was a decisive battle between the Muslim Ottomans and the Knights Hospitaller as Tony McMahon discovers
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