Medievalists.net » Philippe Le Bel http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Salutare Animas Nostras: The Ideologies Behind the Foundation of the Templars http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/salutare-animas-nostras-the-ideologies-behind-the-foundation-of-the-templars/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/salutare-animas-nostras-the-ideologies-behind-the-foundation-of-the-templars/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:29:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37224 The meteoric rise of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon (more commonly known as the Knights Templar) and their equally swift fall has fueled fanciful tales and scholarly research. The order promoted their mythological origins and the extreme charges leveled against them by Philip IV of France (1285-1314) created an atmosphere of speculation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/salutare-animas-nostras-the-ideologies-behind-the-foundation-of-the-templars/feed/ 0 The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-letters-of-eljigidei-hulegu-and-abaqa-mongol-overtures-or-christian-ventriloquism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-letters-of-eljigidei-hulegu-and-abaqa-mongol-overtures-or-christian-ventriloquism/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:35:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23350 The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner Asia 7 (2005) Abstract This paper deals with the Great Khans and Ilkhans’ letters, and with the question of their authenticity. Generally, these letters were written in Mongolian, but very few of […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/the-letters-of-eljigidei-hulegu-and-abaqa-mongol-overtures-or-christian-ventriloquism/feed/ 0 The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/the-auld-alliance-1295-1560-commercial-exchanges-cultural-and-intellectual-influences-between-france-and-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/the-auld-alliance-1295-1560-commercial-exchanges-cultural-and-intellectual-influences-between-france-and-scotland/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:10:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19756 The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland CANALLAS, MURIEL MA Thesis, UNIVERSITE DE TOULON ET DU VAR (2009) Abstract France and Scotland have always shared an obvious sense of friendship through the centuries. Few countries in history have been connected this way. One may wonder why. We can […]

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