Steve Tibble

Steve Tibble is honorary research associate at Royal Holloway, University of London. His latest book, Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain, is published by Yale in September.

A pair of swords in a cross shape, on top of an orange background that features warriors fighting on horses

The assassins' reign of terror: how these 12th-century killers spread fear in the Middle East.

Templars on trial.

A fifteenth century manuscript illustration showing the Knights Templar being burned in the presence of King Philip IV of France.

Templars on trial: why were the Knights accused of such heinous crimes?.