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Thank you to @Medievalists for this excellent article! The Crown of Thorns isn’t what you think it is - and it had an extraordinary beginning!
How did the Crown of Thorns become one of Christianity’s most important medieval relics? 👑
Faith Tibble traces its remarkable history and explores how it became a powerful symbol of devotion, kingship and sacred authority.
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Assassins & Templars (Lite) comes to Partizan 2026!
Editor Dan will run a demo game on our new Ruins of Jerash-inspired board, with Dr Steve Tibble seated across the way.
Get 50% off Steve’s books at yalebooks.co.uk with code MAY26.
#Partizan2026 @DrSteveTibble
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Dr Steve Tibble joined Dan Snow’s History Hit to discuss Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood - the basis for our Assassins and Templars: A Ruckus Game.
Check it out: buff.ly/rUNxQRw
@HistoryHit @DrSteveTibble #HistoryHit #Crusades #AssassinsandTemplars
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Lebanon: The Crusader State - a new episode of Talking Templars with @tonymcmahon_TV and @DrSteveTibble - watch at youtube.com/watch?v=yHiZ5IMX… #crusades #Lebanon
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This is it. The last stand. The final siege. There is no going back and no surrender. This is the siege of Acre…The final episode of @HistoryHit ‘Dan Snow’s Complete Guide to the Crusades with Steve Tibble’ is out now!
Watch the episode below 👇
youtu.be/QA4dz8R60Mc
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The first episode of @HistoryHit ‘Dan Snow’s Complete Guide to the Crusades with Steve Tibble’ is out now! Dan and I do a whirlwind tour of the every crusade from the 11th to the 13th century in under 50 minutes
Watch below 👇 …and more episodes to come!
youtu.be/jiVkb8bkbLI
Great new cover by @YaleBooks !
📣New cover alert!
The fabulous @YaleBooks team have put together a brand new paper back cover for my book ‘Crusader Armies’ - and it looks fantastic.
📚Preorder your copy now with @Waterstones using the code FEB26 and get a 25% discount!
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Assassin’s Creed centres on the rivalries between the Templars and the Assassins. But they were not all fiction. It was very real. I had a great time separating fact from fiction with Matt Lewis on @assassinscreed @HistoryHit Echoes of History
Watch now! youtube.com/watch?v=pVcjVD7S…
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Looking for a UK Templar road trip? Look no further! In this episode of Talking Templars @tonymcmahon_TV and I delve into the world of the British Templars. Roam the cities and muddy fields with us and discover you are really never far from a Templar!
youtube.com/watch?v=FRgPetrO…
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A great conversation with Emily Briffett for the @HistoryHit Podcast on my latest book ‘Assassins and Templars’! These two seemingly disparate groups had surprisingly intertwined stories…listen on to find out more @YaleBooks @Medievalists
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Hilarious…!
Did the Templars have the Holy Grail?
Obviously!?
For a fun start to the weekend watch @tonymcmahon_TV and myself grappling with this thorny issue…!
youtube.com/watch?v=9RAD0NOa…
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Have you enjoyed this week’s episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "The Crown of Thorns - Humble Gods and Humiliated Kings" by @FaithTibble through the History Rage Bookshop!
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10120/9780…
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#History #Podcast #Christianity
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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
👣 Louis IX walked barefoot through medieval Paris.
Not as a king, but as a pilgrim.
Carrying the crown of thorns, he transformed it into a symbol of royal holiness.
@FaithTibble reveals how one king put the relic — and himself — on the map.
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#FaithTibble #LouisIX #Christianity #History #Relics
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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
🖼️ There’s one image. A wreath. Soft, leafy, peaceful.
Then, 700 years of silence.
No thorns. No crown.
Just absence.
@FaithTibble explains how that silence shaped the violent iconography we know today.
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#FaithTibble #Christianity #Iconography #ArtHistory
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Thrilled to announce the launch of my new YouTube series, ‘Talking Templars’! Together with fantastic TV Templar personality, @tonymcmahon_TV we take a fun dive into this enigmatic order of holy warriors. Watch our latest episodes youtube.com/channel/UCsPh5lB…
@YaleBooks @Medievalists
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Ian Bass independent scholar reveals the dual career of Edmund Mortimer (d, 1304) as both churchman & Marcher Lord. Destined for the church he gained the lordship after death of his brother & father
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#edmundmortimer
#medievalchurch
#mortimerhistory
#marcherhistory
Very much looking forward to giving a talk on the Crown of Thorns for the @MortimerSociety conference! Find out more and get your tickets below 👇
@tandtclark @BloomsburyRS
Dr Faith Tibble will talk about how the imagery of the Crown of Thorns in Passion iconography – commonly symbolising torture, suffering and humiliation – is not at all what it seems.
For full programme and tickets go to
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#medievalchurch
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Louise Furse PhD researcher University of Swansea, introduces male religious communities of the Marches & how the presence of the laity affected the religious brethren
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Full program & events go to mortimerhistorysociety.org.u…
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#mortimerhistorysociety
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🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨
Discover the hidden truths behind one of the most iconic images in Christian art! Join us as historian @FaithTibble reveals the real story of the crown of thorns, its cultural significance, and how history shapes our understanding of art.