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Bonus Episode - Disappearing Doppelgängers, Viking Thralls, and the Comedy of the Sagas

In this bonus episode Sebastian takes questions about the recent series on the Viking voyages to North America. In it he reckons with the history of slavery in the Norse world, guesses at why the southern Vinland of settlement of Hóp remains undiscovered, and muses about doppelgä ... Show More

40m 57s

Mar 11

Episode #246 - How Far Did the Vikings Voyage? (Part III)

For centuries the western Norse colony of Vinland was known only to scholars of the Icelandic Sagas. But in the 19th century the work of a few Scandinavian historians helped revive interest in these previously obscure tales. When the Danish historian Carl Christian Rafn published ... Show More

1h 27m

Feb 24

Episode #245 - How Far Did the Vikings Voyage? (Part II)

The only literary sources we have about the Viking settlements west of Greenland come from the Icelandic Sagas. The only problem is that the Sagas can be totally off-the-wall. Corpses reanimate and speak prophecies, giant-eyed doppelgängers vanish into thin air, and one-legged cr ... Show More

1h 20m

Mar 2022

OFH Special Presentation - What Should We Believe About the Knights Templar? (Part II)

In part two of this OFH Special Presentation Sebastian pulls a little something out from behind the Patreon paywall. What was once a massive extra episode on the history and weird mythology of the Knights Templar is now being presented as a two part series for the wider OFH audie ... Show More

53m 22s

Apr 2023

The Knights Templar

This is a special episode from a series we made in collaboration with Ubisoft, the makers of Assassin's Creed. In <a href="https://lnkd.in/eEEqtiwq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Assassins vs Templars</a>, we're immersing ourselves in the real hi ... Show More

35m 5s

Feb 2024

Conspiracy | 5. Legends of the Knights Templar

In the early 14th century, the Knights Templar were suppressed and the 200-year history of this military religious order came to an abrupt end. Or did it? What if some of the Templars escaped persecution to operate secretly until the present day, holding on to precious religious ... Show More

39m 15s

Mar 2023

Assassins vs Templars: The Knights Templar

An order of crusading monks draped in white robes marked with a red cross: the Knights Templar perhaps don’t sound that daunting when you first hear of them. But these monks were one of the most powerful organisations in the world during the crusades. From land ownership to ba ... Show More

32m 30s

Feb 2020

The Knights Templar Pt. 2

The Knights Templar grew in wealth and power for several centuries, becoming what many have labeled as the first multinational corporation. That is until French King Philip the Fair accused them of practicing secret, heretical rituals behind closed doors. The Knights, he pronounc ... Show More

44m 49s

Sep 2023

The Knights Templar

Few organisations in history have names as loaded with legend as the Knights Templar. Western culture is infused with the mythology of these pious warrior monks, who wielded magic and went on quests for legendary treasures. In reality, it was an elite fighting force that becam ... Show More

39m 42s

Nov 2022

The Knights Templar

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the military order founded around 1119, twenty years after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem. For almost 200 years the Knights Templar were a notable fighting force and financial power in the Crusader States and Western Europe. Their mission was to ... Show More

49m 59s

Nov 2022

The Knights Templar

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the military order founded around 1119, twenty years after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem. For almost 200 years the Knights Templar were a notable fighting force and financial power in the Crusader States and Western Europe. Their mission was to ... Show More

49m 59s

Mar 2024

Who Were The Knights Templar?

Founded as an order of warrior monks protecting Christian pilgrims on their journey to the Holy Land, he Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon -- or Knights Templar -- were only around for a few centuries, but cast a long shadow in the world of conspiracy. D ... Show More

1h 22m

Mar 2022

The Knights Templar

For almost two hundred years, the Knights Templar were one of the most fearsome military forces in the world. Despite their strict vows of individual poverty, the Order was a global financial powerhouse, with valuable holdings across Europe and the Middle East. Even today, the my ... Show More

56m 28s

OFH Special Presentation - What Should W...