ABSTRACT
This book pays homage to the work of a scholar who has substantially advanced knowledge and understanding of the medieval military-religious orders. Alan J. Forey has published over seventy meticulously researched articles on every aspect of the military-religious orders, two books on the Templars in the Corona de Aragón, and a wide-ranging survey of the military-religious orders from the twelfth to the early fourteenth centuries. His archival research has been especially significant in opening up the history of the military orders in the Iberian Peninsula. This volume comprises an appreciation of Forey’s work and a range of research that has been inspired by his scholarship or develops themes that run through his work. Articles reflect Forey’s detailed research into and analysis of primary sources, as well as his work on the military orders, the crusades, the eastern Mediterranean, and the trial of the Templars. Further papers move beyond the geographical and chronological bounds of Forey’s research, while still exploring his themes of the military-religious orders’ relations with the Church and State.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|66 pages
The Iberian Peninsula, Archives, and Documents
chapter 4|13 pages
Hospitallers, Templars, and the Papacy in the Twelfth Century
part II|56 pages
The Eastern Mediterranean
part III|25 pages
The Trial of the Templars and its After-History
part IV|74 pages
Beyond Forey’s Foundations