The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order

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As the oldest of the military religious orders and the one with an unexpected and dramatic downfall, the knighthood of the Templars continues to fascinate academics and students as well as the public at large. A collection of fifteen chapters accompanied by a historical introduction, The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order recounts and analyzes this community’s rise and establishment in both the crusader states of the eastern Mediterranean and the countries of western Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflects on the proceedings launched against it and its subsequent fall (1307–1314), and explores its medieval and post-medieval legacy, including an assessment of current research pertaining to the Templars and suggestions for future explorations. Showcasing a wide range of methodological approaches and primary source materials, this volume unites historical, art-historical, theological, archaeological, and historiographical perspectives, and it features the work and voices of scholars from various academic generations who reside in eight different countries (Israel, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, and the United States of America). Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of maps List of figures Acknowledgments List of contributors Introduction Part I Rise 1 Andrew de Baudement and the early years of the Templars in Champagne 2 The Templars’ land acquisition policy in the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem, c. 1130–1187 3 The Templars and the rulers of the Christian East: collaboration or conflict of interest? 4 The Templars as Milites Christi and martyrs in God’s army (1180–1307): Byzantine saints as devotional, artistic, and military models in Southwestern France 5 Collata beneficio filii Dei militibus suis: Templar spirituality at the fortress of ‘Atlit in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem 6 The Templar castles of Barberà, Gardeny, and Miravet: status quaestionis Part II Fall 7 The “lost boys” of the Templars: some remarks on the life of the Templar corsair Roger de Flor 8 The Templars’ banking activities and their potential connections to the Order’s demise 9 Fugitives during the Templar Trial 10 The Trial of the Templars in Britain and Ireland 11 The Trial of the Templars in Germany Part III Legacy 12 The Templar Trial and the Teutonic Order 13 The image of the Templars in modern Castilian nobiliary treatises: a note on Juan Benito Guardiola (1530–1600) 14 Colliding perceptions: Italian views of the Templar Trial from contemporary authors to Angelo Fumagalli’s Delle antichità longobardico-milanesi (1792) 15 From legend to reality: recent historiography on the Templar Order Suggested readings Index