The Trial of the Templars

by Barber, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9781107645769
• ISBN10: 110764576X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-26
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
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Summary

Malcolm Barber's classic The Trial of the Templars recounts the dramatic demise of this elite military force in the fourteenth century. Having fought against Islam in the crusades in the East for nearly two centuries, in October 1307 the members of this respected Order were arrested on the order of Philip IV, King of France, and charged with serious heresies, including homosexuality and the denial of Christ. Finding resonances between the fourteenth-century trial and contemporary events, Barber's classic account endeavours to tackle the unresolved controversies surrounding the consequences of the trial, and includes discussions in the context of new work on the crusades, heresy, the papacy and the French monarchy.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The participants

The arrests

The papal intervention

The papal and episcopal inquiries

The defence of the Order

The end of resistance

The charges

The trial in other countries

The suppression

Conclusion

Notes

Chronology of the trial

Recent historiography on the dissolution of the Temple

Bibliography

Index

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