The truth about Pope Boniface VIII and his struggle with King Philip of France
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Category: Knightfall
Tags: avignon, cash, Clement, france, kidnap, King Philip, knights, Knights Templar, le Bel, money, Nogaret, paris, Phillip, pope, Pope Boniface, riches, rome, Templar, the Fair, torture, treasure, VIII
It’s one of those weeks again when a Friday 13th occurs and our thoughts turn to the Knights Templar. So why is the 13th so significant? On the morning of Friday 13th October 1307, a huge dawn raid saw Templars…
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Category: Middle Ages
Tags: 13th, bailiff, buried, Dungeon, fair, Forbidden History, france, friday, Grand, heresy, king, Knightfall, knights, Master, Medieval, molay, Nogaret, Philip, sodomy, Templar, today, torture
How the Knights Templar survived in Portugal by changing their name
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Category: Templars and later myths
Tags: afonso, buried, christ, Clement, cristo, crusader, Czech, Dinis, Grail, hidden, History Channel, holy, knight, Knightfall, Moors, ordem, Order, pope, portugal, rei, saracen, secret, Soumrak templářů, Templar, tomar, torture, treasure, tunnel
I will be appearing as a guest several times in a special edition of Forbidden History devoted to exposing the secrets of the Knights Templar. Presented by Jamie Theakston and broadcast on UKTV/Yesterday TV, Forbidden History asks the questions you…
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Category: Templars and the church, Uncategorized
Tags: battle, dark, Forbidden History, france, Jamie, jerusalem, king, Knights Templar, Medieval, movie, mystery, ritual, secret, Solomon, Templar, templars, Temple, Theakston, torture, treasure, trial, truths, TV, UKTV, Yesterday
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…
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Category: Middle Ages
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
A new book – The Better Angels of our Nature – blows apart the idea that the twentieth century was the most violent on record. Yes, there were holocausts and global wars, but actually you were far less likely to…
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Category: Medieval
Tags: Daily Life, death, england, history, Medieval, Middle Age, Peter Ackroyd, Steven Pinker, Templar, torture, violence
Ending a siege as quickly as possible was always a good idea with both those inside and outside the castle needing to maintain supplies and fend off disease. The weapons employed to wear down your enemy were as much psychological…
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Category: Medieval
Tags: arts, battle, castle, Czech Republic, Defensive wall, execution, faith, First Crusade, Gascony, history, hunger, Medieval, Middle Age, siege, torture, war
