The Central Convent of Hospitallers and Templars

History, Organization, and Personnel (1099/1120-1310)
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16660-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 761 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1406 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

From their humble beginnings in Jerusalem as a late eleventh-century hospital and an early twelfth-century pilgrim escort, Hospitallers and Templars evolved into international military religious orders, engaged in numerous charitable, economic, and military pursuits. At the heart of each of these communities, and in many ways a mirror of their growth and adaptability, was a central convent led by several high officials and headquartered first in Jerusalem (to 1187), then in Acre (1191-1291), and then on Cyprus (since 1291), from where the Hospitallers conquered Rhodes (1306-1310), and where fate in the form of a heresy trial caught up with the Templars. The history, organization, and personnel of these two central convents to 1310 are the subject of this comparative study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgtorf, Jochen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Maps
Preface
Abbreviations
List of Tables
Introduction

Part One History
1. Jerusalem
2. Acre
3. Cypres

Part Two Organizations
4. Hierachies
5. Functions
6. Collectives

Part Three Personnel
7. Careers
8. Personalities
9. Prosopography

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Places
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Jochen Burgtorf, Ph.D. (2001) in Medieval History, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at California State University, Fullerton. He has published several articles on the Hospitallers and Templars, and co-edited International Mobility in the Military Orders (Cardiff, 2006).