Medieval Girl Power was at the centre of the Cathar heresy that shook the Pope and Rome to its foundations, as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Albigensian, Aude, Carcassone, Cathar, credente, crusade, debate, Dominic, Dominican, Esclarmonde, execution, Fanjeaux, female, Foix, france, girl power, heresy, Inquisition, Knightfall, Mazerolles, Medieval, Nogaret, Parzival, perfect, Raymonde, spies, spy, Templar, torture, Toulouse, women
Templar expert Tony McMahon reveals the Rule book of the Knights Templar and how it covered everything from eating to praying
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Benedictine, bernard, book, christ, cistercian, Clairvaux, dress, drinking, eating, error, faith, female, food, hair, initiation, join, Knightfall, monastic, monk, obedience, pope, prayer, punishment, rite, rule, sex, Templar, today, women
The medieval mind had some crazy views of the medieval woman viewing her bodily functions as evil and dangerous as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Galen, Greek, Henrietta Leyser, history, medieval, middle ages, roman, woman, women
It’s a subject that has vexed historians and history buffs – did women fight in the crusades? There are strong claims that they did. But what role did they actually play? Saracen claim of women on crusade The Saracen chronicler…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: crusader, crusades, feminist, Islam, knight, Knightfall, Medieval, men, saracen, Templar, women
If women were allowed to join the Knights Templar – it remains a mystery what role they played in the order
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Category: Templar History
Tags: battle, feminine, feminism, history, knight, Medieval, nun, Templar, war, woman, women
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