IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 708: The Trial of the Templars, 1307-2007, III: Institutional Studies
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Helen J. Nicholson, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Jochen Burgtorf, Department of History, California State University, Fullerton |
| Paper 708-a | Institutional Dependency Upon Secular and Ecclesiastical Patrons: The Inherent Weakness of the Military Orders and the Trial of the Templars (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 708-b | Templar Runaways/Renegades before, during, and after the Trial (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
| Paper 708-c | The Inventories of the Templars' Houses in France (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Religious Life, Social History |
| Abstract | This third of eight sessions in commemoration of the arrest of the Templars in 1307 considers institutional matters. The Order of the Templars was a privileged order of the Church, but was also dependent on the patronage and protection of secular patrons for much of its wealth and for its day-to-day existence. What role did dependency play in the order's downfall? One of the privileges granted to the order by the papacy was that members could not leave without formal permission; yet throughout the history of the Order brothers did leave without permission. How significant a factor was this institutional weakness in the Order's downfall? A final paper in this session considers the analysis of the trial by the 17th-century antiquarian scholar Joseph-Marie Suarès, librarian of the Vatican Library. |