IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 508: The Trial of the Templars, 1307-2007, I: The Background to the Trial (i)
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Helen J. Nicholson, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Helen J. Nicholson, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Paper 508-a | The Monetary Tensions that Seriously Damaged Philip IV’s Kingdom, and their Potential Connections with the Arrest of the Templars (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Economics - General, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 508-b | Reassessing the Dissolution of the Templars: King Dinis and their Suppression in Portugal (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 508-c | The Chronique d’Amadi and the Arrest of the Templars on Cyprus (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | 2007 will be the 700th anniversary year of the arrest of the Templars and the beginning of the trial of the order, initially in France and subsequently throughout Catholic Christendom. The trial of the Templars not only stimulates debate among specialist scholars but is also a subject for interest among the wider public, most recently through Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. An international group of both young and experienced scholars are assembling at the IMC at Leeds to examine various themes connected with the trial. In this first session, we consider the political background to the trial. |