• Acknowledgements Introduction
• 1 The Accused and the Court: Confrontations and Legal Spaces
• 2 De verbis ad verbera: Wounded Honor, Interpersonal Violence, and Exculpatory Narratives
• 3 Disciplining the Clergy: Personal Sins and Public Challenges
• 4 Civil Litigation: A Space of Registration and Mediation
• 5 The Court as a Judicial Space: Coercion and Compliance-- Sanctioning and Sentencing Conclusion Appendix: Transcriptions of Select Cases Bibliography Subject Index Modern Author Index.
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Diocesan Justice in Late Fifteenth-Century Carpentras uses notarial records from the 1480s to reconstruct the procedures, caseload, and sanctions of the bishop's court of Carpentras and compare them to other secular and ecclesiastical courts. The court provided a robust forum for debt litigation utilized by a wide variety of people. Its criminal proceedings focused on recidivist clerics who engaged in fights, disobedience, anti-Jewish activities, and sexual transgressions. Its justice varied depending on whether cases involved violence, sex, or contracts. The judge applied sanctions gingerly and protected litigants' rights carefully, in ways we might not expect: his role was to intervene in, explore, and document conflicts, and to elicit confessions and mediate disputes. Participants exploited this narrative and archival space well.
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• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The accused and the court : confrontations and legal spaces
• "De verbis ad verbera" : wounded honor, interpersonal violence, and exculpatory narratives
• Disciplining the clergy : personal sins and public challenges
• Civil litigation : a space of registration and mediation
• The court as a judicial space : coercion and compliance; sanctioning and sentencing
• Conclusion
• Appendix : transcriptions of select cases
• Bibliography
• Subject Index
• Modern Author Index.

Diocesan Justice in Late Fifteenth-Century Carpentras uses notarial records from the 1480s to reconstruct the procedures, caseload, and sanctions of the bishop's court of Carpentras and compare them to other secular and ecclesiastical courts. The court provided a robust forum for debt litigation utilized by a wide variety of people. Its criminal proceedings focused on recidivist clerics who engaged in fights, disobedience, anti-Jewish activities, and sexual transgressions. Its justice varied depending on whether cases involved violence, sex, or contracts. The judge applied sanctions gingerly and protected litigants' rights carefully, in ways we might not expect: his role was to intervene in, explore, and document conflicts, and to elicit confessions and mediate disputes. Participants exploited this narrative and archival space well.
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• The accused and the court : confrontations and legal spaces
• "De verbis ad verbera" : wounded honor, interpersonal violence, and exculpatory narratives
• Disciplining the clergy : personal sins and public challenges
• Civil litigation : a space of registration and mediation
• The court as a judicial space : coercion and compliance, sanctioning and sentencing.

Diocesan Justice in Late Fifteenth-Century Carpentras uses notarial records from the 1480s to reconstruct the procedures, caseload, and sanctions of the bishop's court of Carpentras and compare them to other secular and ecclesiastical courts. The court provided a robust forum for debt litigation utilized by a wide variety of people. Its criminal proceedings focused on recidivist clerics who engaged in fights, disobedience, anti-Jewish activities, and sexual transgressions. Its justice varied depending on whether cases involved violence, sex, or contracts. The judge applied sanctions gingerly and protected litigants' rights carefully, in ways we might not expect: his role was to intervene in, explore, and document conflicts, and to elicit confessions and mediate disputes. Participants exploited this narrative and archival space well.
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• Introduction / Malcolm Barber
• Could alleged Templar malpractices have remained undetected for decades? / Alan Forey
• The election of the Templar master Jacques de Molay / Anthony Luttrell
• Institutional dependency upon secular and ecclesiastical patrons and the foundations of the Trial of the Templars / Nicholas Morton
• Fighting the King of France : Templars and Hospitallers in the Flemish Rebellion of 1302 / Bernard Schotte
• The monetary fluctuations in Philip IV's Kingdom of France and their relevance to the arrest of the Templars / Ignacio de la Torre
• Terror, torture, and the truth : the testimonies of the Templars revisited / Thomas Krämer
• The Templars face the inquisition : the Papal Commission and the Diocesan tribunals in France, 1308-11 / Dale R. Streeter
• Three "traitors" of the Temple : was their truth the whole truth? / David Bryson
• The trial inventories of the Templars' houses in France : select aspects / Jochen Burgtorf
• On the margins of the Templars' trial : the case of Bishop Guichard of Troyes / Alain Provost
• The involvement of the University of Paris in the trials of Marguerite Porete and the Templars, 1308-10 / Paul F. Crawford
• The trial depositions as evidence of kinship influences in the order of the Temple / Jochen G. Schenk
• The social reception of the Templar trial in early fourteenth-century France : the transmission of information / Magdalena Satora
• Reassessing the dissolution of the Templars : King Dinis and their suppression in Portugal / Clive Porro
• Icons, crosses, and the liturgical objects of Templar chapels in the crown of Aragon / Sebastián Salvadó
• The extinction of the order of the Temple in the Kingdom of Valencia and early Montesa, 1307-30 : a case of transition from universalist to territorialized military orders / Luis García-Guijarro Ramos
• King Edward II of England and the Templars / Jeffrey S. Hamilton
• The Trial of the Templars in Ireland / Helen J. Nicholson
• The Hospitallers' acquisition of the Templar lands in England / Simon Phillips
• The arrest of the Templars in Cyprus / Peter W. Edbury
• Rinaldo da Concorezzo, Archbishop of Ravenna, and the Trial of the Templars in Northern Italy / Elena Bellomo
• The Templars and their trial in Sicily / Kristjan Toomaspoeg
• The Trial of the Templars in the County of Flanders, (1307-12) / Filip Hooghe
• The commanderies of the Templars in the Polish lands and their history after the end of the order / Maria Starnawska
• Templar runaways and renegades before, during and after the trial / Christian Vogel
• Priests of the Order of the Temple : what can they tell us? / Anne Gilmour-Bryson
• The assimilation of Templar properties by the order of the Hospital / Theresa M. Vann
• "The Templars are everywhere" : an examination of the myths behind Templar survival after 1307 / John Walker.

Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses enormous controversy and speculation. In October 1307, all the brothers of the military-religious order of the Temple in France were arrested on the instructions of King Philip IV and charged with heresy and other crimes. In 1312, Pope Clement V, at the Church Council of Vienne, dissolved the order. Since the 1970s, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the trial, and a series of books and articles have widened scholars' understanding of causes of this notorious affair, its course and its aftermath. However, many gaps in knowledge and understanding remain. What were the Templars doing in the months and years before the trial? Why did the king of France attack the Order? What evidence is there for the Templars' guilt? What became of the Templars and their property after the end of the Order? This book collects together the research of both junior and senior scholars from around the world in order to establish the current state of scholarship and identify areas for new research. Individual chapters examine various aspects of the background to the trial, the financial, political and religious context of the trial in France, the value of the Templars' testimonies, and consider the trial across the whole of Europe, from Poland and Cyprus to Ireland and Portugal. Rather than trying to close the discussion on the trial of the Templars, this book opens a new chapter in the ongoing scholarly debate.
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Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses enormous controversy and speculation. In October 1307, all the brothers of the military-religious order of the Temple in France were arrested on the instructions of King Philip IV and charged with heresy and other crimes. In 1312, Pope Clement V, at the Council of Vienne, dissolved the order.
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• Contents: Preface-- Introduction, Malcolm Barber-- Part I Before the Trial: Could alleged Templar malpractices have remained undetected for decades?, Alan Forey-- The election of the Templar Master Jacques de Molay, Anthony Luttrell-- Institutional dependency upon secular and ecclesiastical patrons and the foundations of the trial of the Templars, Nicholas Morton-- Fighting the King of France: Templars and Hospitallers in the Flemish rebellion of 1302, Bernard Schotte-- The monetary fluctuations in Philip IV's kingdom of France and their relevance to the arrest of the Templars, Ignacio de la Torre. Part II The Trial in France: Terror, torture and the truth: the testimonies of the Templars revisited, Thomas Kramer-- The Templars face the Inquisition: the papal commission and the diocesan tribunals in France, 1308-11, Dale R. Streeter-- Three 'traitors' of the Temple: was their truth the whole truth?, David Bryson-- The trial inventories of the Templars' houses in France: select aspects, Jochen Burgtorf-- On the margins of the Templars' trial: the case of Bishop Guichard of Troyes, Alain Provost-- The involvement of the University of Paris in the trials of Marguerite Porete and the Templars, 1308-10, Paul F. Crawford-- The trial depositions as evidence of kinship influences in the Order of the Temple, Jochen G. Schenk-- The social reception of the Templar trial in early 14th-Century France: the transmission of information, Magdalena Satora. Part III The Trial in the Iberian Peninsula: Reassessing the dissolution of the Templars: King Dinis and their suppression in Portugal, Clive Porro-- Icons, crosses and the liturgical objects of Templar chapels in the Crown of Aragon, Sebastian Salvado-- The extinction of the Order of the Temple in the kingdom of Valencia and early Montesa, 1307-30: a case of transition from universalist to territorialized military orders, Luis Garcia-Guijarro Ramos. Part IV The Trial in the British Isles: King Edward II of England and the Templars, Jeffrey S. Hamilton-- The trial of the Templars in Ireland, Helen J. Nicholson-- The Hospitallers' acquisition of the Templar lands in England, Simon Phillips. Part V The Trial in Other Countries: The arrest of the Templars in Cyprus, Peter W. Edbury-- Rinaldo da Concorezzo, Archbishop of Ravenna, and the trial of the Templars in Northern Italy, Elena Bellomo-- The Templars and their trial in Sicily, Kristjan Toomaspoeg-- The trial of the Templars in the County of Flanders, 1307-12, Filip Hooghe-- The commanderies of the Templars in the Polish lands and their history after the end of the Order, Maria Starnawska. Part VI General Aspects and the Aftermath: Templar runaways and renegades before, during and after the trial, Christian Vogel-- Priests of the Order of the Temple: what can they tell us?, Anne Gilmour-Bryson-- The assimilation of Templar properties by the Order of the Hospital, Theresa M. Vann-- 'The Templars are everywhere': an examination of the myths behind Templar survival after 1307, John Walker-- Conclusion, Jochen Burgtorf, Paul F. Crawford and Helen J. Nicholson-- Select bibliography-- Indexes.
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Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses enormous controversy and speculation. In October 1307, all the brothers of the military-religious order of the Temple in France were arrested on the instructions of King Philip IV and charged with heresy and other crimes. In 1312, Pope Clement V, at the Council of Vienne, dissolved the order. Since the 1970s, there has been increasing scholarly interest in the trial, and a series of books and articles have widened scholars' understanding of causes of this notorious affair, its course and its aftermath. However, many gaps in knowledge and understanding remain. What were the Templars doing in the months and years before the trial? Why did the king of France attack the Order? What evidence is there for the Templars' guilt? What became of the Templars and their property after the end of the Order? This book collects together the research of both junior and senior scholars from around the world in order to establish the current state of scholarship and identify areas for new research. Individual chapters examine various aspects of the background to the trial, the financial, political and religious context of the trial in France, the value of the Templars' testimonies, and consider the trial across the whole of Europe, from Poland and Cyprus to Ireland and Portugal. Rather than trying to close the discussion on the trial of the Templars, this book opens a new chapter in the ongoing scholarly debate.
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• Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1
• Chapter 1 Abjuring the Realm 7
• Chapter 2 The Abjurers, Their Crimes, and Their Property 33
• Chapter 3 The Journey Begins 58
• Chapter 4 Life among Strangers 81
• Chapter 5 Returning Home 113
• Chapter 6 Epilogue: Atrophy and Displacement 136 Notes 149 Bibliography 193 Index 219.
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At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile-or abjuration-flourished in western Europe. It was a judicial form of exile, not political or religious, and it was meted out to felons for crimes deserving of severe corporal punishment or death. From England to France explores the lives of these men and women who were condemned to abjure the English realm, and draws on their unique experiences to shed light on a medieval legal tradition until now very poorly understood. William Chester Jordan weaves a breathtaking historical tapestry, examining the judicial and administrative processes that led to the abjuration of more than seventy-five thousand English subjects, and recounting the astonishing journeys of the exiles themselves. Some were innocents caught up in tragic circumstances, but many were hardened criminals. Almost every English exile departed from the port of Dover, many bound for the same French village, a place called Wissant. Jordan vividly describes what happened when the felons got there, and tells the stories of the few who managed to return to England, either illegally or through pardons. From England to France provides new insights into a fundamental pillar of medieval English law and shows how it collapsed amid the bloodshed of the Hundred Years' War.
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"As the huge crowd seethed with pent-up excitement, the two deadly enemies studied each other intently, their breath hot behind their visors. Each sought the other's death as fire and water seek each other's annihilation. The walled field, at first a prison, now became a crucible where one man would be destroyed and the other purged in the name of justice. They would fight not only without quarter, but also without rules. And a horrible fate awaited the lady if her husband should lose . . . " The gripping, atmospheric true story of the "duel to end all duels" in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a huge crowd gathers at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death meant to "prove" which man's cause is right in God's sight. The dramatic true story of the knight, the squire, and the lady unfolds during the devastating Hundred Years War between France and England, as enemy troops pillage the land, madness haunts the French court, the Great Schism splits the Church, Muslim armies threaten Christendom, and rebellion, treachery, and plague turn the lives of all into toys of Fortune. At the heart of the tale is Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing Jacques LeGris, her husband's old friend and fellow courtier, of brutally raping her. The knight takes his cause before the teenage King Charles VI, the highest judge in France. Amid LeGris's vociferous claims of innocence and doubts about the now pregnant Marguerite's charges (and about the paternity of her child), thedeadlocked court decrees a "trial by combat" that leaves her fate, too, in the balance. For if her husband and champion loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. Carrouges and LeGris, in full armor, eventually meet on a walled field in Paris before a massive crowd that includes the king and many nobles of the realm. A fierce fight on horseback and then on foot ensues during which both combatants suffer wounds--but only one fatal. The violent and tragic episode was notorious in its own time because of the nature of the alleged crime, the legal impasse it provoked, and the resulting trial by combat, an ancient but increasingly suspect institution that was thereafter abolished. Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, "The Last Duel "brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. It is at once a moving human drama, a captivating detective story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue.
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• Introduction
• Hugh of Die : bishop, archbishop, and legate
• The legatine office under Gregory VII
• Law and reform : theory and practice
• Legatine education and training
• Towards reform in France
• Conclusion.

A primer on medieval justice, this book focuses on France, Germany and England and covers the thousand years between the transformation of the Roman world in Western Europe, which took place around the 4th and 5th centuries, and the European Renaissance of the 14th and 15th centuries. The work highlights some of the key elements in the intricate, overlapping legal systems of the Middle Ages and covers a wide range of contemporary laws and cases. A discussion of the modern legacies of medieval law is also included. Appendices include a brief overview of the Inquisition, an explanation of a penny's worth in the Middle Ages, the Medieval and later laws concerning swans, the 27 articles of Joan of Arc (which witnesses were asked to deny or confirm at her nullification trial), an examination of the High Court of Chivalry, Justices of Peace in the UK today, and a listing of selected cases and laws cited in the text. Illustrations range from the earliest known depictions of English courts and illuminations of torture to pictures of important sites, events, and instruments of punishment in medieval law.
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• Governing the people of God
• The spirit of the Gallican councils
• Bishops and the "nations"
• The dignity of power
• Occupation of the center
• Missionary war and reform of kingship
• Heresy and consensus
• A kingdom of the faithful
• The end of unity: the abomination of desolation
• Conclusion: yoking the bull.

Over a period of some five centuries, Europe was transformed by the emergence of barbarian kingdoms in the regions of the former Roman Empire. In the turbulent post-Roman world, the Christian church and its bishops had considerable sway, as these kingdoms developed new institutions such as Christian kingship. Warlike kingdoms competed with each other and took on projects of political consolidation, religious accommodation, and conversion. Religious imperatives shaped the understanding of political culture, alongside aristocratic consensus and cooperation. The Franks ultimately dominated Europe and built a great empire, pursuing a doctrine of missionary warfare. Carolingian kings and nobles were mobilised by a religiously saturated ideology and by the appeal of an aggressive and expansionist political order. Throughout these changes, bishops played a guiding role. Their special garments, liturgies, and hairstyle indicated their character as a priestly brotherhood, set apart from the rest of society, whose task was to regulate the affairs of men and ensure the benevolence of God. The function of bishops as a cohesive religious order, and their collaboration with kings, meant that their ideas had a special prestige. By their blessings bishops could protect crops, houses, and even the kingdom and its warriors. By their mastery of laws-canon, Roman, and barbarian-the bishops grasped the right nature of the social order and indicated to others God's plan for the world. Drawing on the records of nearly 100 bishops' councils spanning the centuries, alongside royal law, edicts, and capitularies of the same period, this study details how royal law and the very character of kingship among the Franks were profoundly affected by episcopal traditions of law and social order.
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