The Templar Order in North-West Italy (1142-C.1330)

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16364-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 72, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

This book provides the first reconstruction of the Templar presence in North-west Italy. Based on extensive archival searches, it gives general insights into the development and organization of the Order in this area, also examining the links between the Templar houses and the Latin East and their involvement in the struggle between Papacy and Empire. Recruitment, relations with lay and ecclesiastical institutions and the activities of the Templar settlements are highlighted as significant factors in shaping the particular development of the Order in the region. The trial records also confirm the special nature of the Temple’s establishment in North-west Italy where the vicissitudes of the Templars on trial were intertwined with local factionalism, and positive relations with lay and ecclesiastical authorities continued and in some places even defeated the charges leveled against the Order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bellomo, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Map of the Templar houses in north-west Italy (1142-1310)

Introduction
Part I
The Temple in North-West Italy: a General Picture
I. The Templar Order in North-west Italy (twelfth-thirteenth centuries)
1. The first Templar houses (1142-1160)
2. The consolidation of the Templar presence up to the end of the twelfth century 26
3. Templar houses in the thirteenth century
4. Between papacy and secular powers: where the Lombard Templars stood
5. A look at the East: the maritime activities of the Temple and the Ligurian houses
II. Settlement strategies and types of houses
1. The Templar houses
2. The road network and the location of the Templar houses
3. Charitable and hospital activities
4. General orientations in management of wealth and possessions
III. Hierarchical organisation
1. The Templar provinces of Italy and Lombardy
2. The Masters of Italy and Lombardy: chronology and prosopographical notes
3. Provincial masters’ delegates active in North-west Italy
4. Local preceptors and provincial chapters
5. The brethren
6. The Templar familiares
IV. Taking root in local society: Recruiting the nobility and relations with ecclesiastical and communal institutions
1. Relations with the nobility
2. Relations with church institutions
3. Cooperation and conflict with communes
V. From the early fourteenth century to the end of the Order
1. The eve of the trial
2. The trial in North-west Italy
3. Depositions of Templars from north-west Italy tried in the rest of Italy, France and Cyprus
4. The Templars after the end of the Order
5. The transfer of the Templar possessions to the Hospital

Conclusion: The Temple in North-west Italy: local reality and Mediterranean vocation

Part II: The Templar Houses in North-West Italy
Templar houses known to have existed
Unconfirmed houses

Appendices
I. List of houses that definitely existed (ordered by date of attestation)
II. Prosopographical Catalogue 1:
Templar masters of Lombardy and Italy (in chronological order)
III. Prosopographical Catalogue 2: Templar brethren and lay associates (in alphabetical order)
1. Templar brethren attested to or originating from North West Italy
2. Lay associates
3. Templar brethren and lay associates whose existence or origin from North-west Italy is uncertain or whose membership in the Temple or actual status is unspecified

Bibliography
Manuscript sources
Printed sources
Secondary works
Unpublished theses

Über Autor(innen)

Elena Bellomo, Ph.D. (2001) in Medieval History, Università Cattolica-Milano, is currently teaching at Rutgers University. Her publications focus on the Crusades, the Military Orders and Medieval Genoa including A servizio di Dio e del Santo Sepolcro. Caffaro e l’Oriente latino (Padua, 2003).