Rise of the Assassins

Gone Medieval

History Hit

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This is a special episode from a series we made in collaboration with Ubisoft, the makers of Assassin's Creed.

In Assassins vs Templars, we're immersing ourselves in the real history that inspired the first game. As well as exploring the rise and fall of The Knights Templar and the Assassins, we chat to leading experts and historians to analyse the historical backdrop of the first three crusades, reveal the real histories behind key characters in the game, and unearth the folklore around the mythical Holy Grail.

In this episode, Matt Lewis is joined by Dr Farhad Daftary to discuss the origins of the Assassins, what they stood for, how they interacted with Christians and other Muslims, and why the Old Man of the Mountain was so important.

Using targeted political murder to protect humanity from injustice and abuse of power, the Assassins are infamous as much for their secrecy as for their actions. The story of the Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims goes right back to the start of Islam, and continues to this day.

Produced by History Hit and Ubisoft, with Post Production done by Paradiso Media.

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0:25.5	Hi everyone, thank you for downloading this episode of Gone Medieval. Today's is a little
0:33.4	taster of an exciting collaboration we've been working on with Ubisoft, the masterminds behind
0:38.7	Assassin's Creed. Assassin's vs Templars is a new series on the echoes of history podcast
0:44.7	about the real histories of the secretive orders that inspired the first game. And as a big fan
0:50.6	of that game, yes, when it came out, yes, I am that old. I was incredibly excited to get to work
0:56.6	on it. This episode is about the rise of the assassins and there's another coming soon on the night's
1:02.2	Templar. If this wets your appetite for crusading warfare, then make sure to follow the echoes of
1:08.3	history podcast to listen to the rest of the series. There's eight episodes in total where you'll
1:13.5	discover more from great guests about the crusades, the holy grail and some of the game's key
1:19.2	characters. Enjoy!
1:20.8	Historyhit and Assassin's Creed presents Assassin's vs Templars, real histories of the secret orders.
1:34.5	Welcome to the inside of one of history's greatest stories. I'm Matt Lewis and in this collaboration
1:53.1	between Ubisoft and Historyhit, we're taking you back to the very beginning. The story of
1:58.1	Assassin's Creed is one of deadly rivalry between conflicting ideologies that asks whether peace
2:03.6	is found through freedom or control. It begins with the assassins and Templars racing together the
2:12.6	pieces of Eden in the fiery heat of the Near East and its brutal religious upheaval. We're all
2:18.0	Desmond Miles now and we've found our animus, a team of the best historians working in their fields
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