Master of the Knights Templar and one of the founders of the Order. The Montbard family came from Hochadel in Burgundy in France. André...

After the recapture of Acre in 1191 King Richard the Leonhart, who had proved to be an excellent leader and planner, knew that it was a...

Bernard de Tramelay was born in the castle of Tramelay near Saint-Claude in the Frensh Jura. As young man he joined the Knight Templars....

Everard des Barres, also known as Eberhard von Barres or Eberhard De Bären was a French nobleman and Master of the Knight Templars in...

Robert de Craon or Robert Burgundio was a French night . He was the son of Renaud le Bourguignons en Ennoguen de Vitre. He was engaged to...

The fortress location was originally a Jewish village existing nearby during the Roman and Byzantine periods, the Hebrew name meaning...

Between the 11th and the 13th century (1095 CE and 1270) the Crusaders and their Muslim opponents build, renovated, and continually...

Ashdod is city on Israel’s Mediterranean cost ca 40 km south of Tel Aviv. In the Iron Age Ashdod was situated on a small tell ca. 5 km...

Helena van Constantinople the first Pilgrim to the Holy land The earliest pilgrims wanted to see the places where Jesus had lived. Helena...

Let start with a saying from Pope benedict XVI who was pope from 2015 till his retirement in 2013 The Pope summarized a Christians...

The Knights Templar (1119 -1312) was a militaristic order of religious knights, whose job was to serve and protect people of the...

"What do I do next?" said the bishop to the priest, "I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast, And now you say...

Mount Joy was already inhabitant during the iron Age ( first Temple period ) in the 8th and 7th century BCE. (Jeremiah 40:7-8 and 41:16)c...

After the successful Siege of Antioch in June 1098, the Crusaders needed some rest They stayed in the area till the end of the year. With...

Rome, from a small village to Empire In the beginning of the 8th century BC Rome was a small town in central Italy on the banks of the...

The Grand Master of the Knights Templar was the supreme commander of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. ...

Panforte is a traditional Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts. It is like a Florentine but much thicker, or a little like a...

Hugues was born around 1070 in a village named Payens near Troyes Franc, He was the son as the 3rd son of Theobald of Blois, a powerful...

The period from 1096 till 1291 is called the Crusades. The Crusades started with the proclamation for the first crusade by Pope Urbanus...

How to become a knight in medieval times 1.      The Pageboy In medieval times, a pageboy was mostly a boy from a noble family between 7...