torture Archives - The Templar Knight

Spies who infiltrated the Knights Templar – the so-called “moles”

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Tony McMahon

Tony McMahon looks at evidence that the Knights Templar were infiltrated by spies sent in by the King of France

Category: Templar History Tags: 1307, 13th, arrest, buried, burning, de molay, De Nogaret, death, discovery, evidence, execution, france, friday, Guillaume, head, history, Knightfall, knights, Medieval, minister, moles, Philip, spies, Templar, templars, today, torture, trial, William

Women heretics at the time of the Knights Templar

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Tony McMahon

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Women are often seen as playing a passive role in great political and religious movements – but nothing could be further from the truth – even in the Middle Ages! Because it was some very powerful and resourceful females who…

Category: Templar History Tags: Albigensian, Aude, Carcassone, Cathar, credente, crusade, debate, Dominic, Dominican, Esclarmonde, execution, Fanjeaux, female, Foix, france, heresy, Inquisition, Knightfall, Mazerolles, Nogaret, Parzival, perfect, Raymonde, spies, spy, Templar, torture, Toulouse, women

KNIGHTFALL character profile: Pope Boniface VIII

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Tony McMahon

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The truth about Pope Boniface VIII and his struggle with King Philip of France

Category: Templar Mystery 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

Friday 13th and the end of the Knights Templar

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Tony McMahon

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It’s one of those weeks again when a Friday the 13th occurs and our thoughts turn to the Knights Templar. So why is Friday the 13th so significant? On the morning of Friday the 13th October 1307, a huge dawn…

Category: Templar Mystery 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 Templars became the Order of Christ in Portugal

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Tony McMahon

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How the Knights Templar survived in Portugal by changing their name

Category: Templar History Tags: afonso, buried, christ, Clement, cristo, crusader, Czech, Dinis, Grail, hidden, History Channel, holy, knight, Knightfall, Moors, ordem, Order, order of christ, pope, portugal, rei, saracen, secret, Soumrak templářů, Templar, tomar, torture, treasure, tunnel

The Dark Truths of the Templars – watch me on TV expose some secrets

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Tony McMahon

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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…

Category: Templar Mystery 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

Top baddies of the Middle Ages!

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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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…

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