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Since the 1970s, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the trial, and a series of books and articles have widened scholars' understanding of causes of this notorious affair, its course and its aftermath. However, many gaps in knowledge and understanding remain. What were the Templars doing in the months and years before the trial? Why did the king of France attack the Order? What evidence is there for the Templars' guilt? What became of the Templars and their property after the end of the Order?
This book collects together the research of both junior and senior scholars from around the world in order to establish the current state of scholarship and identify areas for new research. Individual chapters examine various aspects of the background to the trial, the financial, political and religious context of the trial in France, the value of the Templars' testimonies, and consider the trial across the whole of Europe, from Poland and Cyprus to Ireland and Portugal. Rather than trying to close the discussion on the trial of the Templars, this book opens a new chapter in the ongoing scholarly debate.
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Jochen Burgtorf is Professor of Medieval History in the Department of History at California State University, Fullerton, USA; Paul F. Crawford is Assistant Professor of History at California University of Pennsylvania, USA; Helen Nicholson is Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
Malcolm Barber, Alan Forey, Anthony Luttrell, Nicholas Morton, Bernard Schotte, Ignacio de la Torre, Thomas Krämer, Dale R. Streeter, David Bryson, Jochen Burgtorf, Alain Provost, Paul F. Crawford, Jochen G. Schenk, Magdalena Satora, Clive Porro, Sebastián Salvadó, Luis García-Guijarro Ramos, Jeffrey S. Hamilton, Helen J. Nicholson, Simon Phillips, Peter W. Edbury, Elena Bellomo, Kristjan Toomaspoeg, Filip Hooghe, Maria Starnawska, Christian Vogel, Anne Gilmour-Bryson, Theresa M. Vann, John Walker.
