ABSTRACT
At the beginning of June 1308, the Templars who were living on Cyprus were placed under arrest. Modern scholarly descriptions of this episode all rely heavily on just one narrative source, the so-called Chronique d’Amadi. 1 This is an anonymous work which provides what I believe is by far the most detailed account of the arrest of members of the order anywhere in Latin Christendom, and so, before turning to the events themselves, some explanation of its nature and provenance is called for.
