Helen Nicholson
Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University
2 episodes
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The Knights Templar
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the growth and great military and financial strength of the famous order whose knights had a mission to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land.
6 October 2022
Also featuring: Mike Carr, Jonathan Phillips
The Siege of Malta, 1565
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fierce contest for Malta, which the Ottomans tried to prise from the Knights Hospitaller who they they had already driven from Rhodes in 1522.
11 January 2018
Also featuring: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Kate Fleet