The Hospitallers’ and Templars’ involvement in warfare on the frontiers of the British Isles in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries
Although in theory they were independent religious orders answerable only to the pope, in the British Isles the Templars, and particularly the Hospitallers, were increasingly secularised institutions, serving the king of England and playing important roles in royal government
The Battle of La Forbie (1244) and its Aftermath
How did the kingdom’s leaders cope with the battlefield defeat? How did the settlements survive? Above all, what was the Military Orders’ contribution to the kingdom’s stability after the chaos following the battle?
Muslim Perspectives on the Military Orders during the Crusades
What caused the particular enmity between Saladin and the Templars and Hospitallers? To understand this situation one must begin with examination of Muslim perspectives on monasticism in general.
The patronage of the Templars and of the Order of St. Lazarus in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
The religious revival of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries saw the rise of a host of new orders ranging from the Cistercians and Carthusians to the Augustinian and Premonstratensian canons. In addition, it also saw the development of the Military Orders which originated in the Holy Land after the capture of Jerusalem in 1099, and fulfilled a mixture of military, hospitaller, religious and political functions.
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Salutare Animas Nostras: The Ideologies Behind the Foundation of the Templars
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.
Nomadic Violence in the First Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Military Orders
That the threat posed by bands of marauders was taken seriously by the early crusader settlers can be seen by some of the barons’ brutal reactions to it.
Templars and Confraternities: Organizational Competition in Thirteenth Century Iberia
The undoing of the Templars was in part a result of their own over-reaching, but it also came because they opened up an organizational arena that other military orders and confraternities came to fill.
The Sword Brothers – Knights Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights
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Reflections on The Malleus Maleficarum in Light of the Trial of Joan of Arc
Although Joan’s trial took place in France and The Malleus Maleficarum was published in Germany, they are suitable for comparison because this text became the definitive manual for witchcraft inquisitors across Europe.
The Creation and Demise of the Knights Templar
This thesis investigates the Order of the Knights Templar by examining the varied phenomena that led to the formation of the Order in the early twelfth century and its dissolution nearly two hundred years later
Saints or Sinners? The Knights Templar in Medieval Europe
What did medieval contemporaries think of military orders such as the Knights Hospitaller and Teutonic Knights? Helen Nicholson investigates.
Forms of Lay Association with the Order of the Temple
Forms of Lay Association with the Order of the Temple By Jochen G. Schenk Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 34 (2008) Introduction: Over time,…
An investigation and analysis of the activities of the Knights Templar in the North-East, specifically the Cleveland area, that provides an additional comment on the current historiography
An investigation and analysis of the activities of the Knights Templar in the North-East, specifically theCleveland area, that provides an additional comment on the current…
The Templar Trials: Did the System Work?
Although the trials in general were held with enormous personal expenditures and by obviously careful observation of procedural rules, the ’system did not really work’; it was undermined by the dynamics of a legal instrument (that is, torture), which in the end was based on the use of violence.
Images of the Military Orders, 1128-1291: Spiritual, Secular, Romantic
Whatever confusion may exist among the general public of the present day, the public in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were in no doubt as to the character and function of the military orders of the Holy Land.
RELIGION, WARRIOR ELITES, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
RELIGION, WARRIOR ELITES, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS Hull, Brooks B. and Bold, Frederick Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture 2011 Annual Meeting Abstract In…
Brotherhood of Vice: Sodomy, Islam, and the Knights Templar
The charge of sodomy was unique because it was a crime of personal moral failure, rather than an organizational heresy which could threaten state authority.
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CHARGES AND MOTIVATIONS OF THE CAPETIAN MONARCHY BEHIND INSTITUTING THE FALL OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CHARGES AND MOTIVATIONS OF THE CAPETIAN MONARCHY BEHINDINSTITUTING THE FALL OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE Singhal, Chetan The Concord Review,…
Rosslyn Chapel: A Legacy in Stone
So is the Grail or some other treasure really hidden there? Did the Templars really build Rosslyn, as some allege? Why is Rosslyn Chapel so important today?
Remains of Crusader / Templar army discovered in Israel
Archaeologists and historians working in northern Israel have discovered the remains of a Templar and Crusader army who were slaughtered by Saladin in…
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon Gerrard, Christopher Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (2000) Abstract This paper addresses the issue…
The Social Context of the Templars
Throughout the 193 years of its history the Order had indeed been in a position where it was ‘a mirror for others and an example’, a position which made it a particularly sensitive indicator and, in its turn, promoter, of social change.
New insights on Maritime Akko revealed by Underwater and Coastal Archaeological Research
New insights on Maritime Akko revealed by Underwater and Coastal Archaeological Research Galili, E., Rosen, B., Stern, E. J., Finkielsztein, G., Kool, R.,…
Taking the Templar Habit: Rule, Initiation Ritual, and the Accusations against the Order
Taking the Templar Habit: Rule, Initiation Ritual, and the Accusations against the Order Edgeller, Johnathan James MA Thesis, Texas Tech University, August (2010) Abstract Originally…