ABSTRACT
Southern Italy offers us an interesting local example of the abolition of the order of the Temple, because, as a consequence of the insurrection of the Sicilian Vespers in 1282, the region was divided into two kingdoms: the Aragonese island and the mainland, ruled by the Angevin dynasty. 1 So one could expect in this instance two different attitudes towards the trial, as the Aragonese had no special reason to attack the Templars, whereas the Angevin dynasty was closely tied to French politics, as was also the case in this matter. Thus the case of the two kingdoms of Sicily illustrates many different aspects of the trial. I would like to use this opportunity to present a very short summary of this argument, which is not well known to English-speaking scholars. 2
