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Leprosy – a disease that terrified the medieval world!

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Tony McMahon

Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates how the leprosy pandemic terrified the medieval world and led to victims being excluded from mainstream society

Category: Templar History Tags: attitude, Baldwin, buried, catholic, church, Coronavirus, Covid, Disease, fear, Hansens, history, horror, jerusalem, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, leper, leprosy, medicine, medieval, mystery, pandemic, plague, religion, treatment, victim

The ill treatment of Jews in medieval Lent

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Tony McMahon

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The period of Lent leading up to Easter was hazardous for Jews in the Middle Ages falsely accused of the killing of Jesus by ignorant people

Category: Templar History Tags: Ancient, blood libel, crucifixion, diaspora, Easter, ill, jesus, jews, king, knight, knights, Lent, Medieval, pogrom, prejudice, queen, synagogue, Talmud, Templar, Torah, treatment

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