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Jonathan Riley-Smith, doyen of the crusading world, was a huge character and a very lovely man.
This is my hommage.
@StJohnsGate @Medievalists
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The Rogue Hospitallers: Criminals on Crusade - yesterday @DrSteveTibble gave the 2026 Jonathan Riley-Smith Memorial Lecture, held at @StJohnsGate in London - watch it here medievalists.net/2026/10/the… #Hospitallers #crusades
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This Wednesday: The Rogue Hospitallers - Criminals on Crusade. @DrSteveTibble talks at the @StJohnsGate in London. You will be able to watch it live on our YouTube Channel - get more details at eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-and-… #London
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Assassins and the Strategy of the Underdog medievalists.net/2025/09/ass… #history
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Great evening with @DrSteveTibble at @Arundells on Friday night. Sell out event discussing the brilliance and the demise of the Templars. Thank you Steve for sharing your knowledge and insights
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Publication Day USA
Hello from
NYC
The Cauldron has already reprinted three times. Its in all bookshops and Amazon is fully supplied (after selling out) ready to deliver with arrow-like celerity.
Enjoy
I m going on tv today…
@AAKnopf @wnbooks @Ed_Critica @KlettCottaTweet
The Templar Peacemongers
The Templars were - perhaps surprisingly - renowned mediators. Who better to call when tensions reached a breaking point between Henry II and Thomas Becket?
Read my latest on @Medievalists 👇
The Templars and the Murder of Becket medievalists.net/2023/09/tem… #medieval
Art imitating history…with the Templars, as with so many other things…
Robert of Sablé: From British Templar to Video Game Villain medievalists.net/2023/09/rob… #Templars
Police and thieves…one of our over familiar and yet strangest stories…
Medieval Corruption: How Crooked Cops and Officials Profited from Crime and Bribery medievalists.net/2024/09/med… #corruption
The Templars were often agents of the crown…but, as always, it’s more complicated than that…
Templars in Ireland: Colonialism and Conquest? medievalists.net/2023/09/tem… #Ireland
Even death can be part of the plan…
Assassins and Templars: The Strategy of Death medievalists.net/2025/09/ass… #history
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Templars in Ireland: Colonialism and Conquest? medievalists.net/2023/09/tem… #Ireland
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The Templars and the Two Mathildas medievalists.net/2023/09/the… #history
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Who Was the Old Man of the Mountain? The True Story of Sinan and the Medieval Assassins - article by @DrSteveTibble
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#MedievalTwitter
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New Medieval Books: The Fifth Crusade, by Thomas Smith published by @YaleBooks medievalists.net/2026/09/new… #crusades #historybooks #medievalbooks
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Just finished Crusader Criminals by @DrSteveTibble
Interesting book as the title says Crime in the Crusades Not just Nobility but the ordinary people who were committing crimes,& the effects it had on the region & inhabitants
Well Worth reading
#History #MiddleEast #Crusades – at Scarborough, England
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The Templars and the Two Mathildas medievalists.net/2023/09/the… #KnightsTemplar
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All history books should have soundtracks. I created a Spotify playlist of history songs for my recent books that r either be about history (Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’) or feature in history: Umm Kulthum’s ‘Wallah Zaman, Ya Silahi’
Listen and suggest songs to add
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The Battle of Ramla: How Baldwin I Nearly Lost Everything, by @DrSteveTibble medievalists.net/2026/08/the… #Crusades
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How did the Crown of Thorns become one of Christianity’s most important medieval relics? 👑
Faith Tibble traces its remarkable history and explores how it became a powerful symbol of devotion, kingship and sacred authority.
medievalists.net/2025/08/fai…
#Relics
