The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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Discovering the treasure of the Knights Templar – “Buried” on the History channel
Buried on the History channel will reveal where the Knights Templar hid their treasure
Read MoreHow the Templars became the Order of Christ in Portugal
How the Knights Templar survived in Portugal by changing their name
Read MoreAvignon – seat of the pope who crushed the Templars
Pope Clement V, the pope who crushed the Knights Templar, was based in Avignon
Read MoreWinter is coming! But it’s a Templar winter, not a Targaryan one!
Winter is coming – but courtesy of the History Channel, it will be a Templar winter. Forget the dragons and white walkers, give me the Knights Templar any day of the week. Here is the trailer for the series you…
Read MoreTomar – filming with the History Channel on a Templar quest
I have just returned from a very Templar themed holiday in Portugal! SPOILER FREE! I’m not going to give away one tiny morsel of the thrilling documentary on the Templars that the History Channel is planning to accompany its Templar…
Read MoreTomar – mysterious city of the Knights Templar
I’ve been filming with the History Channel in Tomar, a town in central Portugal that was once a stronghold of the Knights Templar. I’ve written about this magical place before but having gone back again this year, I just need…
Read MoreWhere did all the Templar treasure disappear to?
It’s vexed many down the ages. The Templars were warriors, monks and medieval bankers. They ran a financial system through their preceptories that spanned Europe and funded their crusades in the Holy Land and Al-Andalus (modern Spain and Portugal). Kings…
Read MoreHow the Second Crusade was diverted to Portugal
This is an astonishing story from the Middle Ages of how a vast crusader army on the way to the Holy Land was convinced to divert to Portugal and help a small Christian kingdom take a city called Al-Usbuna from…
Read MoreThe Battle for Acre – disaster for the Knights Templar
In 2012, I visited the ancient town of Acre in modern Israel (now called Akko). It’s still dominated by the castle built by the Knights Templar and underneath this might medieval construction is a secret tunnel – its purpose still…
Read MoreJacob’s Ford – Templar massacre revisited
It was the turn of Channel Four in the UK to look at the Saracen massacre of Knights Templar at Jacob’s Ford in 1179 after this subject was visited by National Geographic earlier this year. The programme gave some interesting…
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