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We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day.

Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the route to a number of specific archaeological sites.

A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed more than 1,300 years ago.

Arguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, while inspiring popular culture from Indiana Jones to Dan Brown. The order of the Knights Templar was founded by Hugh de Payens, a French nobleman from the Champagne region, along with eight of his companions, in Jerusalem around 1119. They originally consisted of a group of knights who protected Christian pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land.

Professor Thomas F. Madden is a widely published author and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. In The Lost Warriors of God, Madden examines one of the most fascinating organizations in world history: the Knights Templar, whose members gave up home, family, and worldly possessions to defend the Holy Land and the Christian pilgrims who journeyed there.

Dear listener, This podcast is an audio version of a youtube channel called the Knight of History, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zOOzc6InYxq1KDWWh50ww On this podcast, we try stick to the facts and tell history in both an entertaining and educational manner. The presenter is a history teacher and often integrates his lessons into the show so that his students can learn in a more relaxed manner, however the channel is available and suitable for everyone.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Middle Ages gives listeners the beginning, middle and end of the era, starting with the fall of the Roman Empire in the year 550 and ending with the Renaissance in 1500, and covers some uncomfortable similarities between the so-called 'Dark Ages' and today's 'modern world'. This is a fascinating, fact-filled audiobook that delivers more than 1,000 years of history in easy-to-understand chapters. Complete with a time line, a who's who and more.

Throughout history, you see examples where criminality seems to run in the family. From the Ptolemaic dynasty that terrorized Greek Egypt to the modern mafia, familial ties often dictate your relationship to violence, cruelty and the law. Evil Families examines just this, using case studies from across history. These include the Qing Dynasty of Ancient China, the cannibalistic Beane family in 15th century Scotland, the Stafflebacks of Kansas and the Messina brothers of London's West End.

Thanks to his expert knowledge of the whole alphabet, Dominic Knight is uniquely qualified to write an A to Z of the things that deeply irritate him, and should irritate everybody. Bullfighting, unicorns, homeopathy, fluffy dice chillout music, vapes and multilevel marketing are among the entries in this delightful and definitive list of atrocities, which proves beyond a doubt that alongside the magnificent march of progress, there has been a much funnier race to the bottom.

Discover the secret origins of the Knights Templar, Freemasonry, The Bilderbergers, Serpent Cults, the Illuminati, and MORE! Philip Gardiner has spent his life on a crusade to uncover the truth behind myths, legends, and ancient mysteries. Gardiner’s quest is to uncover truths and secrets of history's most powerful men. The journey takes him to dark places that existed "then" and still exist today. He delves into a world that is hidden from our eyes and finds himself in situations that seem to mirror the fictional world of The Da Vinci Code.

Have you ever heard about the old mother of waters? How about Miao Shan? Or the medicine god?The Chinese had so many gods that it's probably a huge task to remember or memorize them all. For almost everything, there was either a god or a goddess. But a simple list of all the gods wouldn’t suffice to satisfy your appetite for the mystery of religious history in this massive country. So, to help you enjoy this audiobook, the intricate stories of betrayal, supernatural powers, love, and hatred are described in detail in this guide.

the Teutonic Knights or to give them their full title, the knights of the hospital of St. Mary of the House of the Germans in Jerusalem loom large not just in German history. Follow us as we trace their development from a field hospital in Palestine to the formation of a powerful state in the Baltic. 4bf73abeafe3022e1e911d242a791714fff9fc8c

Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Three times a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.Get in touch: halfarsedhistory@gmail.comSupport the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/halfarsedhistoryBuy Half-Arsed History merch: https://halfarsedhistory.theprintbar.comIf you've just discovered the show and aren't sure which of the 300+ episodes to start with, here are some suggestions:Episode 139: The History of the Toilet - https://sptfy.com/...

This wonderfully eclectic yet uniformly awful compendium traverses millennia of dreadful concepts, from homeopathy to hacky sacks, from Esperanto to Elmo and from athleisure to the Apple Vision Pro, demonstrating that alongside the magnificent march of human progress are many examples of failure, farce and outright fraud – many of which are far more hilarious than intended.

This is a podcast produced by the University of Central Florida Department of History. It features interviews with historians about their research and history in the news.

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Hello and welcome to the Broad Chronicles, a women’s history podcast celebrating the lives and stories of remarkable women in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A monthly podcast exploring the folk tales and folklore of the East Midlands and beyond. Dylan Knight acts as both our guide and storyteller as we explore these stories from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire as well as the lore and legends behind them. Podcast art work by Adaptive on https://www.facebook.com/AdaptivePhotoMediaFeel free to contact Dylan at: talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.comOn Instagram @tales_from_the_otherwoodOr simply send us a text message on the website, all you have to do is click onto an episode, look for the link that ...

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