January 13, 1129 — The Knights Templar are officially recognised by the Catholic Church
The actual beginnings of the Knights Templar (or to give their full title, “the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of...
April 25, 2022
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1172 — St Christina the Astonishing experiences her first visions
Christina was still young, in just her early twenties, when she experienced her first vision – accompanied by a massive...
April 19, 2022
October 1, 1189 — Templar Grand Master Gerard de Ridefort dies in battle at Acre
The Siege of Acre was the first major military encounter of the Third Crusade. It began on August 28, 1189...
April 14, 2022
April 6, 1199 — King Richard I of England dies
Richard I of England is one of its most legendary kings – better known in those legends as either “Richard...
April 9, 2022
May 27, 1199 — John Lackland is crowned King of England
John, fourth and youngest son of Henry II, first (and only) of his name, was crowned King of England only...
April 7, 2022
April 12, 1205 — Constantinople sacked by warriors from the Fourth Crusade
The original intention of the Fourth Crusade was to reconquer Jerusalem, lost by the crusaders to Saladin’s forces in 1187....
April 5, 2022
1212 — The Children’s Crusade sets out for the Holy Land
The Children’s Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events which happened in 1212 that...
April 4, 2022
July 15, 1215 — The Magna Carta is signed by King John
The foundational document of law throughout the Anglosphere, the Magna Carta was an agreement between King John of England and...
April 2, 2022
July 24, 1224 — Saint Christina the Astonishing dies
Christina Mirabilis was a Catholic saint and visionary. Born into a poor peasant family, she was orphaned by age 15....
March 29, 2022
May 15, 1252 — Pope Innocent IV authorizes the Inquisition to torture heretics
The Medieval Inquisition was a series of Inquisitions that slowly merged into a more or less continuous process of arrest...
March 24, 2022
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