Demurger, Alain

The last Templar : the tragedy of Jacques de Molay, last grand master of the Temple by Alain Demurger ( Book )
17 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 284 libraries worldwide
"An investigation into the decline and fall of the mighty Knights Templar and their last Grand Master by one of France's greatest medieval scholars." "Between 1307 and 1310 King Philip the Fair of France and Pope Clement V brought to trial one of the most powerful institutions of the medieval world: the crusading Order of the Knights of the Temple. Jacques de Molay was then its Grand Master. Alain Demurger tells the history of Molay's life as a crusader and of the dramatic years of his leadership." "With the fall of Acre in 1291 the crusaders lost their last stronghold in Palestine and the Order of the Temple much of its reason for being. Jacques de Molay, elected Grand Master the following year, sought to revive its crusading spirit. But an alliance with the Mongols went wrong, and when their garrison on the Syrian island of Ruad fell to the Mamluks the Templars were discredited. The scene was set for dissolution. Molay was arrested in France in 1307; three years later fifty-four knights were burnt at the stake in Paris; and in 1312 the pope, urged by the king, suppressed the Order through all of Europe." "The Temple had been found guilty of heresy, of scandalous rituals in the initiation of new members. The Inquisitor of France, King Philip's chaplain, used torture to get the confessions and the judgement of history has been to dismiss them. Alain Demurger reopens the case. He describes the complex events surrounding the arrests and trials, re-examines the transcripts of the inquisitions, and looks closely at the circumstances of Molay's own devastating confession. He ends his account of one of the most gruesome episodes of European history with a measured verdict."--BOOK JACKET.

Vie et mort de l'Ordre du Temple : 1118-1314 by Alain Demurger ( Book )
19 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 226 libraries worldwide

Temps de crises, temps d'espoirs : XIVe-XVe siècle by Alain Demurger ( Book )
7 editions published in 1990 in French and held by 211 libraries worldwide

Chevaliers du Christ : les ordres religieux-militaires au Moyen Âge (XIe-XVIe siècle by Alain Demurger ( Book )
9 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in French and Portuguese and held by 156 libraries worldwide
Synthèse sur ces moines armés dont l'histoire légendaire attise la curiosité. Leur naissance, en Occident entre le XIe et le XVIe siècle, leurs terrains d'action (Terre sainte, Espagne, rives de la Baltique), le recrutement, les règles et Constitutions, la formation religieuse et militaire, les rituels, la spiritualité sont expliqués en détail.

Die Templer : Aufstieg und Untergang, 1118-1314 by Alain Demurger ( Book )
11 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 104 libraries worldwide

Croisades et croisés au Moyen Âge by Alain Demurger ( Book )
6 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in French and held by 92 libraries worldwide

Les Templiers : une chevalerie chrétienne au Moyen Âge by Alain Demurger ( Book )
8 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in French and held by 79 libraries worldwide
Retrace l'hitoire du premier ordre religieux militaire, dont la mission était de protéger les pélerins, et qui connut son apogée lors des croisades, contre les musulmans, avant de finir dramatiquement à la suite du procès intenté par Philippe le Bel.

Die Ritter des Herrn : Geschichte der geistlichen Ritterorden by Alain Demurger ( Book )
4 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 76 libraries worldwide

L'Occident médiéval XIIIe-XVe siècle by Alain Demurger ( Book )
7 editions published between 1995 and 2008 in French and held by 72 libraries worldwide

Prier et combattre dictionnaire européen des ordres militaires au Moyen Âge ( Book )
1 edition published in 2009 in French and held by 42 libraries worldwide