The persecution of the Templars : scandal, torture, trial
Demurger, Alain2018
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Place reservation for The persecution of the Templars : scandal, torture, trialA striking account of the relentless persecution, and the often-underestimated resistance, of the once-mighty Knights Templar. The trial of the Knights Templar is one of the most infamous in history. Accused of heresy by the king of France, the Templars were arrested and imprisoned, had their goods seized and their monasteries ransacked. Under brutal interrogation and torture, many made shocking confessions: denial of Christ, desecration of the Cross, sex acts and more. This book follows the everyday reality of the trial, from the early days of scandal and scheming in 1305, via torture, imprisonment and the dissolution of the order, to 1314, when leaders Jacques de Molay and Geoffroy de Charnay were burned at the stake. Through first-hand testimony and written records of the interrogations of 231 French Templars, this book illuminates the stories of hundreds of ordinary members, some of whom testified at the trial, as well as the many others who denied the charges or retracted their confessions. A deeply researched and immersive account that gives a striking vision of the relentless persecution, and the oft-underestimated resistance, of the once-mighty Knights Templar.
Main title:
The persecution of the Templars : scandal, torture, trial / Alain Demurger ; translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
354 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"First published in French as La Persécution des templiers : journal (1305-1314) by Éditions Payot & Rivages, Paris, 2015"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-335) and indexes.Translated from the French.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The Order of the Temple (1120--1307) -- The trial of the Templars (1307--1314) -- How can the Templar Affair be explained? -- 1.Prelude (1305--1307) -- The Agenais rumour -- Lyon (November 1305) -- Guillaume de Nogaret's `moles' -- Facts v. hearsay -- Poitiers--Paris, 1306--1307: crossed paths -- The Saint Bartholomew's Day letter (24 August 1307) -- 2.The Arrests (13 October 1307) -- Maubuisson (September 1307) -- The early morning of 13 October, in the bailiwick of Caen -- Prisoners in the Temple of Paris (13 October 1307) -- On the run -- 3.The King and the Inquisition (October--November 1307) -- Troyes (15 and 18 October 1307) -- Paris (19 October--24 November 1307) -- Seneschalsy of Nimes-Beaucaire (8--15 November 1307) -- Elsewhere in France -- Torture -- 4.At Notre-Dame de Paris (?) (24 or 26 December 1307) -- The confession of Jacques de Molay -- The pope's reaction -- Jacques de Molay and the cardinals -- The dispersal of the Templars of Paris (24 January--12 February 1308) -- 5.Power Struggle (January--June 1308) -- Poitiers: The flight of the cubicularius (13 February 1308) -- Paris: The consultation with the university (March 1308) -- Pierre Dubois -- Tours: The Estates General (May 1308) -- Bertrand de Languissel, bishop of Nimes, and the Templars -- Guillaume de Plaisians in Poitiers (May-June 1308) -- 6.Compromise: Poitiers-Chinon (June--August 1308) -- The Templars appear before the pope: Poitiers, 28 June--2 July 1308 -- Faciens misericordiam -- Chinon (17--20 August 1308) -- 7.Clermont: The Diocesan Commissions (June 1309) -- The diocesan commissions are set up (August 1308--spring 1309) -- The Clermont commission (June 1309) -- Other commissions throughout France -- Nimes, August 1310 and August 1311 -- Pressure and threats inflicted on the detained -- 8.The Papal Commission Gets Off to a Slow Start (August--November 1309) -- Paris, 8 August 1309 -- Bazas, September/October 1309 -- Paris, episcopal palace, November 1309 -- Another adjournment -- 9.The Papal Commission at Work (1309--1311) -- The commissioners -- Where the commission met -- Commissioners' fees -- Objectives and work methods -- 10.The Templars' Revolt (February--May 1310) -- Everyone arrives in Paris: February -- 149.The lists of Templars -- The prisons of Paris -- 28 March, in the bishopric orchard -- The prison visits -- The `memoranda' in defence of the Order -- The spokesmen for the Temple -- 11.The Council of Sens: The Revolt Is Quelled (11--12 May 1310) -- The tide turns -- The Council of Sens, 11 and 12 May -- The Templars at the Council of Sens -- Burning at the stake: 12 May -- Relapsed or not? -- After 12 May -- 12.Interlude: In the Prisons of Senlis (June 1310--1312) -- From prisons in Paris to prisons in Senlis -- The conditions of detention -- Escape from Plailly -- The overall cost of the Templars' imprisonment -- 13.The Second Phase of Interrogations (Paris, 1311) -- Work resumes: 17 December 1310 -- In carts on the roads of France -- The interrogations: against a backdrop of relapse -- The beard and the mantle -- 14.The Council of Vienne and the Burning of Jacques de Molay (1311--1314) -- The end of the papal investigations -- The Council of Vienne and the defence of the Templars -- The suppression of the Order of the Temple -- What became of the Templars? -- The burning of Jacques de Molay (March 1314) -- Conclusion -- Philip the Fair -- Clement V -- The papal commission -- Henri de Harcigny, or the Templar resistance -- Appendices -- 1.A problem of identification: Thiers-sur-Theve (diocese of Senlis) -- 2.The strange diocese of Vienne, on the borders of the Argonne forest -- 3.The articles of accusation against the Templars -- 4.Original dioceses of Templars who appeared in Paris from 6 February to 2 May 1310 -- 5.Templars present at the provincial councils of Sens and Reims -- 6.List of Templars who refused to defend the Order on 19 May 1310 -- 7.Templars interrogated in Paris in October/Nove
ISBN:
9781781257852
Dewey class:
271.7913
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
362516
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| Penrith | Nonfiction | 271.7913 PER | Available |
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