The Central Convent of Hospitallers and Templars

by Burgtorf, Jochen

• ISBN13: 9789004166608
• ISBN10: 9004166602
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

From their humble beginnings in Jerusalem as a late eleventh-century hospital and an early twelfth-century pilgrim escort, Hospitallers and Templars evolved into international military religious orders, engaged in numerous charitable, economic, and military pursuits. At the heart of each of these communities, and in many ways a mirror of their growth and adaptability, was a central convent led by several high officials and headquartered first in Jerusalem (to 1187), then in Acre (1191-1291), and then on Cyprus (since 1291), from where the Hospitallers conquered Rhodes (1306-1310), and where fate in the form of a heresy trial caught up with the Templars. The history, organization, and personnel of these two central convents to 1310 are the subject of this comparative study.

Author Biography

Jochen Burgtorf is Associate Professor of Medieval History at California State University, Fullerton.

Table of Contents

Maps
List of Tables
Introduction	p. 1
History
Jerusalem (1099/1120-1187/91)	p. 27
Acre (1191-1291)	p. 83
Cyprus (1291-1310)	p. 129
Organization
Hierarchies	p. 179
Functions	p. 247
Collectives	p. 339
Personnel
Careers	p. 377
Personalities	p. 439
Prosopography	p. 461
Conclusion	p. 697
Bibliography	p. 713
Index of Persons	p. 743
Index of Places	p. 753
Index of Subjects	p. 758
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