Explores the rise and fall of the Templars against the backdrop of the Crusader ideal and their settlement venture in Outremer.
The Order of the Temple was founded in 1119 with the limited aim of protecting pilgrims around Jerusalem. It developed into one of the most powerful corporations in the medieval world which lasted for nearly two centuries until its suppression in 1312. Despite the loss of its ce…
The Order of the Temple was founded in 1119 with the limited aim of protecting pilgrims around Jerusalem. It developed into one of the most powerful corporations in the medieval world which lasted for nearly two centuries until its suppression in 1312. Despite the loss of its ce…
" A côté d'une abondante littérature hagiographique et d'hypothèses foisonnantes, totalement gratuites et uniformément sottes, les documents, eux, s'imposent avec la rigueur la plus totale. Pour les Templiers, il est, encore une fois, à peine croyable de comparer en esprit la li…
« À côté d’une abondante littérature hagiographique et d’hypothèses foisonnantes, totalement gratuites et uniformément sottes, les documents, eux, s’imposent avec la rigueur la plus totale. Pour les Templiers, il est, encore une fois, à peine croyable de comparer en esprit la li…
An introduction to the Rules and Customaries of the main religious Orders in Medieval Europe: Benedictine, Cistercian, Carthusian, Augustinian, Premonstratensian, Templar, Hospitaller, Teutonic, Dominican, Franciscan, and Carmelite.
"The records of the proceedings against the Order of the Temple in Paris (1309-1311) are one of the most important sources for the study of the history of the Templars and of their trial. In this book Magdalena Satora presents the first complete edition of the records of the Par…
"The records of the proceedings against the Order of the Temple in Paris (1309-1311) are one of the most important sources for the study of the history of the Templars and of their trial. In this book Magdalena Satora presents the first complete edition of the records of the Par…
Much has been written about the history of the Knights Templar, the legendary order of military monks. Far less attention, however, has been paid to the Templar estates in Western Christendom which supported their endeavors. Set within the context of the turbulent history of med…