IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 514: The Origins of the Military-Religious Orders, I: Beginnings in the East
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Cardiff Centre for the Crusades, Cardiff University |
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Organiser: | Helen J. Nicholson, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | Helen J. Nicholson, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 514-a | The Diverse Origins of the Syrian Military Orders (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Crusades, Religious Life |
Paper 514-b | The Beginnings of the Order of Saint John in Jerusalem, or: Muristan Revisited (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Crusades |
Paper 514-c | The Establishment of the Templar Order in Syria: New Evidence from Chastel Blanc/Safita (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Crusades, Military History |
Abstract | January 2020 will mark the 900th anniversary of the Church Council of Nablus in 1120, which was probably the setting for the foundation of the Order of the Temple. These four sessions, organised in commemoration of this event, will explore various aspects of the origins of the Miltary-Religious orders, transnational institutions which developed in Latin Christendom in the early 12th century in the wake of the First Crusade. This first session explores the Military-Religious Orders' origins in the Holy Land, considering both the conceptual basis of these institutions and their early constructions |