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85Visiting England - English places associated with the Knights Templar
Everyone loved the Templars, from the Pope downwards, and their rise was spectacular. Their fall 200 years later was equally dramatic, and the Papacy was forced by the French King into dissolving them. This article looks at place in England where Templar remains survive and can be seen today.
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77The Holy Sepulchre of Bruges-la-Morte
Visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Bruges-La-Morte, the Venice of the North, is a strange and morbid experience. Not only because the Holy Grave is to be found here, or a statue of the dead Christ,...
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88My Visit to Jerusalem
DOME OF THE ROCK I am truly blessed to have visited the Holy Land in October, 2009. I wrote about the first half of my journey in my Hub My Trip to the Holy Land. The second half of our sojourn was six days...
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85The Knights Templar: their London headquarters today
The Knights Templar remain fascinating to this day. And in London, you can still visit the Templars' New Temple, and see the Temple Church they built. It's still a fully-functioning parish church, and open to visitors. I am a member of Middle Temple, and therefore a parishoner of Temple Church. It's an absolutely fascinating place.
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76The Crusades
When I started this hub, I planned on doing it about all of the Crusades. As I wrote it and it got longer I realized I could only do the first Crusade in one hub. I plan on trying to do hubs on the other...
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56Jerusalem1
What is Jerusalem? What images does the word conjure up? Is Jerusalem the same to all, to Christians, Jews, Muslims? Or is Jerusalem a completely personal experience?
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61Jerusalem, Israel: An Amazing Place
On a roof-top cafe, Old Jerusalem is gloriously sread out before me. To the north is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of Christ's cruxificion, burial, and resurrection....
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