Tony McMahon looks at evidence that the Knights Templar were infiltrated by spies sent in by the King of France
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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 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…
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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
The truth about Pope Boniface VIII and his struggle with King Philip of France
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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
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…
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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 Knights Templar survived in Portugal by changing their name
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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
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: 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
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…
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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
There are a huge number of theories as to why the Knights Templar were crushed and some are shared by Tony McMahon on the Knights Templar blog
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Al-Aqsa Mosque, Battle of Al-Mansurah, buried, Cathars, Cluedo, clues, De Nogaret, death, detective, france, hidden, Holy Land, horror, hospitaller, Hospitallers, Knight Templar, Knightfall, knights, Knights Hospitaller, La Rochelle, murder, mystery, Philip IV of France, Phillippe the Bel, Scotland, sinclair, Templar, templars, tony mcmahon, torture, treasure
Life in the Middle Ages was way more violent on average than daily life today which is way more civilised by comparison
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ackroyd, angels, better, Daily Life, death, england, Foundation, history, Medieval, Middle Age, nature, Peter, Peter Ackroyd, Pinker, professor, Steven Pinker, Templar, torture, violence
Some of the brutality and horror that used to occur during medieval sieges to intimidate the enemy
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Category: Templar History
Tags: army, battle, buried, castle, crusades, death, destruction, execution, faith, First Crusade, Gascony, history, hunger, Knightfall, knights, Medieval, Middle Age, military, siege, Templar, templars, torture, violence, war
