My family, grandparents, owned some land abutting Christ's Convent in Tomar, Portugal. As a young boy, I would walk through the pines to the castle walls and imagine ages gone by. Around the mid 1950's the convent (castle) was used as a military base. An uncle of mine was stationed there.. I got to know his fellow soldiers and, they would let me into the castle. Many, many hours were spent roaming those walls. I even met a ghost or two (lol). Thank you for the magnificent trip back in time.
@RealCrusadesHistory3 жыл бұрын
That is a great story! Thanks for sharing.
@Thor-Orion Жыл бұрын
Portugal one of the most exciting places for the Templars. What they found in the old Phoenician areas helped them rediscover the Americas. Read about the Greek description of Phoenician holdings beyond the Pillars of Heracles. Then the Templars gain control of the coasts of former Phoenician territories with all their tunneling and excavating I believe they found navigational tools. After papal the order that dissolved them the Military Order of Christ was reformed like 7 years later and they got most of the old Templar holdings. They complete the Reconquista and then cross the ocean. Henry the Navigator and his students changed the world.
@Rulya.BaruchHaShem.Morrigan2 ай бұрын
Wow, what a fantastic comment. Thank you for sharing. 💕
@MacCormaic16 күн бұрын
Ghosts don't exist.
@DingleCerri4 жыл бұрын
I would kill for a video game where you play as a crusading knight in a realistic open world setting.
@damienmoreno50443 жыл бұрын
For honor is the closest game I got to playing as a Knight
@mike76523 жыл бұрын
Kingdom Come (I think that's the name) is an insanely accurate late medieval game. It's first person, which I hate do I've not tried it yet. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is awesome, set in the Viking age around the time of Danelaw.
@roofkoreans58763 жыл бұрын
@@damienmoreno5044 he said realistic
@roofkoreans58763 жыл бұрын
Like the other guy said KCD is pretty realistic, but combat kinda sucks and becomes disgustingly easy after you understand the mechanics
@dutchplanderlinde95822 жыл бұрын
try Mount and blade bannerlord bro
@Jinseual5 жыл бұрын
I have discovered an interesting word when reading about the Templars. Malicide: the killing of evil.
@Veldtian15 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Familia No, Islam is not a good thing for anyone, it's fake piety is it's most galling characteristic.
@Jinseual5 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Familia "In my opinion people should be left to do whatever they want" That's just not how the world works in the Middle Ages, raids and counter raids were so frequent that people saw it as an inevitable part of life. The Europeans had suffered Muslim raids for hundreds of years, which only stopped after the Europeans destroyed the last Muslim pirate base in Tunisia in 1087, a mere 8 years before the Crusades. If it weren't for the Crusades, the Europeans may have been raided again during the Crusade years.
@matthewalexander67925 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Familia Do whatever they want? Satan's Mantra: Do whatever thou wilt. Interesting.
@Christian_Johansson5 жыл бұрын
@@matthewalexander6792 unless any of you ppl are atheists none of you are worth listening to. Religion is for lost people who seek some fantasy reason to live. Only intelligence challenged persons believe in fairy tales.
@spaced86out5 жыл бұрын
@@matthewalexander6792 people who speak true often speak with conviction. matthew familia speaks the truth
@CarlosSantos-tm1vh5 жыл бұрын
This channel is an amazing place to find true history. My english is bad, but your content really worths all my effort to understand it.
@chiptenor Жыл бұрын
Excellent...simply excellent historical presentation, and wonderful, insightful commentary. Thank you.
@RealCrusadesHistory Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@RealCrusadesHistory Жыл бұрын
Please share with your friends if you can.
@martinbudolph26565 жыл бұрын
One of the docs about templars which actually talks about the strong and important relationship with Portugal , love it
@RealCrusadesHistory5 жыл бұрын
I think any documentary discussing the early career of the Templars needs to mention Portugal. Portugal was very important in early Templar history.
@misaelfraga81963 жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory I thought Knights of Santiago would be important to Portugal? Still learning about Crusader history all of it interesting.
@Thor-Orion Жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistoryearly history? It’s also where they went after France tried to have them killed off. Military Order of Christ.
@jaredwhite2003 ай бұрын
I love being able to watch videos about the history of the knights templars. There History is an amazing story
@luannefarmer8 ай бұрын
My dad was an descendant of the first line ( which still has descendants) but the 2nd line ( from Hugh) died out with the martyrdom of Conrad who was only 16 years old and left no heirs. but only the first line from the kings of Jerusalem such as Fauk V are the true line Yes we do still exist, sadly no longer knights though I am a descendant of Baldwin II and FaukV Being a descendant of King Henry II Plantagenet and King Henry I Beauclerc. FaukV was Henry II father Geoffrey Plantagenet father Henry II Mother was The Holy Roman Empress
@danielr18435 жыл бұрын
From being a musician to a narrator to a writer or even a historian J Stephens is a professional at many things. Too 200k Subs we go!
@RealCrusadesHistory5 жыл бұрын
thanks Daniel!
@hrvojevukelic64175 жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory why are you removing comments? What is the problem?
@danielr18435 жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory your the man ive been along for the ride for a awhile. Love the content brother!
@stellarjayatkins47495 жыл бұрын
romario silva Some comments are worthy of removal. Other comments are removed by KZbin, and not the proprietor of the channel.
@09amaze5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this.!!
@stephenh94834 жыл бұрын
This is an instant classic. I love it! Thank you
@gavg89iiuktvii354 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for your Time And Energy God Bless You 💎
@RealCrusadesHistory4 жыл бұрын
Same to you!
@lindamorse34755 жыл бұрын
I just received my Battle of Jaffa tee shirt!❤❤❤❤ I absolutely love it 😍
@Veldtian15 жыл бұрын
store2827131.ecwid.com/The-Battle-of-Jaffa-Mens-Wrap-Around-T-shirt-p150881616 They're goddamn amazing, love sublimated graphic tees, especially when it celebrates the vehemence of Christendom. For the glory of God!
@RamanShrikant4 жыл бұрын
Bully magnet
@mrXOwarrior5 жыл бұрын
I was surprised that you mentioned nothing of the Templars unique banking ability that also gave them power and influence. In fact, I would argue that this financial influence is what ultimately brought them into conflict with France's Phillip and the Pope at their quasi-end.
@Jelly_Juice20065 жыл бұрын
He also didn’t mention the temple of Solomon
@V2011F4 жыл бұрын
They did give Phillip time and extensions on his loans in an attempt to get the money from him. However it was because they insisted on him paying back what they owed and the threat of being excommunicated by pope Boniface 4th( I think that was his name) that laid the foundation for the destruction of the knights templar. He also waited until a French Pope was in power before taking action against the order.
@Thor-Orion Жыл бұрын
@@V2011Fyeah, he lived so much longer than the order he tried to extinguish. He and the pope both.
@sheepdog11026 ай бұрын
Well done 👍 😊
@rossespino76724 жыл бұрын
I am glad to have found you the lord guided me to you
@donworland5 жыл бұрын
Awesome, I too have become fascinated with this period, to think, people want to read fiction! Thanks for the mention of that first book, I didn't have that yet. Godspeed, Dieu Le Roi.
@Jelly_Juice20065 жыл бұрын
Yes, I find the real history more interesting than fiction
@knightd00b5 жыл бұрын
Love these!
@Chilly_Billy5 жыл бұрын
Truly great Christians and men.
@zaidhernandez46015 жыл бұрын
Well...not ALL of them...some were pretty messed up...but some were also just fine and didn't just brutally murder people that weren't even fighting
@zaidhernandez46015 жыл бұрын
Well, not ALL of them, some were pretty messed up...but some were fine and didn't brutally kill people that weren't even fighting
@undeny5 жыл бұрын
most were common terrorists (by modern definition) but yea there was some sense of honor to these men but merely zealots at the end of the day
@mardukgilgamesh15004 жыл бұрын
Christains had balls back then :v
@snookerb67773 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good one
@MixedRaceAndProud1690 Жыл бұрын
Without doubt the best channel for Crusader knowledge, history & insight into that fascinating era 🏴 .. thank you 🙏
@RED5AND5 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@RobinLynnGriffith4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the link
@jdsmith50604 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel so glad I saw that picture of the Hospital Ship in NYC Harbor!
@denaleesdreams5 жыл бұрын
The mailbox contained my new copy of "Why does the Heathen Rage"! Started reading it a couple of hours after I fetched it out of the mailbox! Very interesting reading! Enjoying the book so far...but I am not far into it...yet! The football game keeps distracting me!
@coltonbiggerstaff55935 жыл бұрын
BEST HISTORY CLASS EVER 🌹
@amyraab83265 жыл бұрын
Love your content!
@hjs80924 жыл бұрын
There are profs that the father of The King Afonso Henriques had donate lands near the city of Braga to the Templar’s before the oficial existing of the order...and also there are stories about the numbers of initial member being 11 and not 9...and those +2 Being portuguese...there also a big family and Fraternal connections between Saint Bernard and the King of Portugal...
@Thor-Orion Жыл бұрын
Afonso was Bernard’s nephew. He also grew up on the same lands he would later give to the Templars.
@bolapromatoqueejogodecampe93535 жыл бұрын
I got here clicking on the like button!!!
@legocrusaderproductions38445 жыл бұрын
Could you please make a video about the Knights Templar and there supposed ties to the Occult were the allegations true or not.
@dbo5145 жыл бұрын
I dont know why but this video’s awesomeness makes me laugh at the absurdity of the portrayal of Templars in some TV series and movies. The latest calamity being the Turkish show Ertugrul, the way the templars are portrayed in that show reaches an astonishing level of nonsense
@Seajay-ey3uh3 жыл бұрын
I’m watching Ertugrul now. I was really upset at first with the portrayal of the Knights Templar until I realize that it would be the Turkish take on it, since it was a Turkish series, that they were the protagonist and the Knights Templar the antagonists. They had to be the heroes and the Knights Templar they evil archenemy. It doesn’t change my beliefs about the Knights Templar, which I was always fascinated about, hence, why I am here watching documentaries on the Knights Templar..
@innocentodenigbo728411 ай бұрын
Very interesting.
@hjs80924 жыл бұрын
Gondomar was portuguese or lived in Portugal in a place near Oporto called ...Gondomar...
@hermanosoares38602 жыл бұрын
Nice
@MrFarnanonical5 жыл бұрын
where do you find all this artwork for your videos? i'd love to just scroll through them. Google images just seems to find me the same few dozen or so.
@stellarjayatkins47495 жыл бұрын
Check the links in the description.
@paulvaughan31204 жыл бұрын
Where is the bit when they fight the rabbit guarding the cave?
@cjk67366 ай бұрын
Or where they throw the dead chickens over the castle wall?
@richardpatton25023 жыл бұрын
14:25 Guimarães That’s where I live! Afonso Henriques first capital
@inclemens15 жыл бұрын
thank you...
@bapotet5 жыл бұрын
wait there was a city named montreal in the kingdom?
@jacquesstrapp32195 жыл бұрын
Montréal is a Crusader castle on the eastern side of the Arabah. The castle was built in 1115 by Baldwin I of Jerusalem during his expedition to the area where he captured Aqaba on the Red Sea in 1116. Originally called 'Krak de Montreal' or 'Mons Regalis', it was named in honor of the king's own contribution to its construction (Mont Royal). Little remains of the original Crusader fortifications. Although it has never been fully excavated, it is known that there was a set of three walls, which partially remain.
@Jelly_Juice20065 жыл бұрын
Yes it’s French
@2012oland4 жыл бұрын
Where can I read the full account of that Russian monk?
@ddeldoe5 жыл бұрын
An idea for a tshirt I would buy for my boys is one with the red cross on the front and maybe a sword and shield that have some words from their mission as stated by st bernard...maybe could be the same t or two different ones
@fasmotion4 жыл бұрын
Thanks God. Hope modern Christain men will follow their path, fighting and sacrificing themselves for Christ and His Kingdom.
@mike76523 жыл бұрын
Militant Christianity needs a revival.
@juniorberns4 жыл бұрын
Remember fidelity
@ramona.spedale70653 жыл бұрын
Who started Nights Templer?
@TempleHolyFathercm6 ай бұрын
Hugh de Payens the founder of first Grand Master of the Templars.
@ramona.spedale70653 жыл бұрын
Baldwin did not start Knights Templer
@leventveziroglu20975 жыл бұрын
I saw at. my dream Grand Master ,sleeping,ALPHONSO
@annamosier19502 жыл бұрын
very good
@RealCrusadesHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@marinazagrai16233 жыл бұрын
Any video I watch, I see an ad for solar panels - are our taxes going to these monstrosities (they are too expensive for people to afford) and the govt is hell bent on convincing people to get them if they wish.
@mike76523 жыл бұрын
Solar panels are praised ad clean energy but the manufacturing process is anything but environmentally friendly. They're pushing the Great Reset pretty hard these days!
@MsMaRiA13003 ай бұрын
This video is Awesome 💯 thanks for the true history .... HeLp SaVe SouLs 🙏🏻✝️🕊️👑🛐⚖️ {*J*M*J*}
@hosephanerothe14405 жыл бұрын
🛡🗡
@jamesmerone5 жыл бұрын
I've looked around your channel and couldn't find a video on Templar Knights having tattoos. Do you think you could do a video on that topic?
@thejhonyChanel Жыл бұрын
he skipped some stuff but that's fine
@heatherpiper-scott6265 Жыл бұрын
😊
@JonNierman7 ай бұрын
205 BMF
@ThomasWBaldwin Жыл бұрын
Baldwin.
@HOWBAZARY4 жыл бұрын
They Jesuits are modern day Templar Knights, both are Babylonian. If you don't know Gematria then you are asleep at the wheel.
@nasalimbu30783 жыл бұрын
Tutions
@BP-Crux4 жыл бұрын
Finnish flags at 15:21 soooo... using logic = I was there and I am a Knight Templar also a great video! :thumbup:
@nunoalmeida26463 жыл бұрын
😆. Good one!!! The blue cross on white screen was the flag of the Kingdom of Portugal in the Middle Ages.
@ashbirk46814 жыл бұрын
Love your channel, you are informative and relevant! Question though: this show about the crusades you are directing is on a Christian site? Are they going to propagandise the Crusades? Doesn’t really cast the best light on Christianity...
@RealCrusadesHistory4 жыл бұрын
The show is through a Christian platform called ChristianChannel.com. I have full control over the narrative, and it will be strictly historically accurate.
@ashbirk46814 жыл бұрын
Real Crusades History well that’s really the most important part... I highly respect your expertise in this area, good luck on your venture I’ll definitely watch it!
@bradkaberline85493 жыл бұрын
Funny all these people scared of wendigo the skin Walker a knight templar would put knots on his or her head lol 💯💢