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Documents Concerning Central Europe from the Hospital's Rhodian
Archives, 1314-1428 brings together over 450 texts concerning the
Hospitallers during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These
texts are crucial sources for understanding the history of the
Hospitallers between 1314 and 1428. Whilst some Hospitaller
charters and letters have been published elsewhere, few scholarly
editions contain enough sources to permit close analysis of the
language and contents of these documents. Moreover, most previous
editions focus on certain geographical areas, such as Cyprus,
Rhodes and the Aegean Islands. In contrast, this book is the first
of its kind to focus on central Europe. It brings together 460
texts dated between 1314 to 1428, and two from 1461. This book will
appeal to scholars and students of medieval history and the history
of Central Europe, as well as those interested in the legal
structures and personal networks within the Order of St. John.
Documents Concerning Central Europe from the Hospital's Rhodian
Archives, 1314-1428 brings together over 450 texts concerning the
Hospitallers during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These
texts are crucial sources for understanding the history of the
Hospitallers between 1314 and 1428. Whilst some Hospitaller
charters and letters have been published elsewhere, few scholarly
editions contain enough sources to permit close analysis of the
language and contents of these documents. Moreover, most previous
editions focus on certain geographical areas, such as Cyprus,
Rhodes and the Aegean Islands. In contrast, this book is the first
of its kind to focus on central Europe. It brings together 460
texts dated between 1314 to 1428, and two from 1461. This book will
appeal to scholars and students of medieval history and the history
of Central Europe, as well as those interested in the legal
structures and personal networks within the Order of St. John.
Even 700 years after the suppression of the Order of the Temple and
the execution of the last grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, there is
no shortage of publications on this influential military order. Yet
unlike other medieval institutions the Templars are subject to
speculative fiction and popular myth which threaten to swamp the
fruits of scholarly endeavour. Fortunately, recent years have
produced a thriving academic scholarship which is challenging these
myths. More and more sources are currently being edited,
particularly those for the trial of the Templars (1307-1312).
Others are still awaiting indepth study, among them, surprisingly,
the greater part of the charters that cover more than 150 years of
the Order's history. The papers in this volume step into this gap
and critically evaluate new directions in Templar studies on the
basis of as-yet unedited source material. Open issues and
desiderata regarding the sources are discussed and from a range of
inspiring results a new status quaestionis is proposed that will
not only provide a better understanding of the Order's
archaeological, economical, religious, administrative and military
history, but also set new points of departure for the editing of
charters and administrative documents. The papers here are grouped
into six sections, focusing on the headquarters of the Order, its
charters, manpower and finance, religious life and finally the
suppression and the Order's afterlife.
Modern study of the Hospitallers, of other military-religious
orders, and of their activities both in the Mediterranean and in
Europe has been deeply influenced by the work of Anthony Luttrell.
To mark his 75th birthday in October 2007 twenty-three colleagues
from ten different countries have contributed to this volume. The
first section focuses on the crusading period in the Holy Land,
considering the Hospital in Jerusalem, relations with the
Assassins, finances, indulgences, transportation and the careers of
the brothers and knights. The second and third sections move to the
later Middle Ages, when the Hospitallers had their centre on
Rhodes, and military and charitable activities in the East had to
be supported with men and money from the West. The papers in the
second section consider the Hospitallers on Rhodes, relations
between Rhodes and the West and plans for crusades, while the third
section includes papers on the Hospitallers in the Iberian
Peninsula and in Hungary, the territorial administration of the
Order of Montesa in Valencia, a plan to transfer the headquarters
of the Teutonic Order from Prussia to Frisia, and a Hospitaller
reconsideration of warfare and learning on the eve of the council
of Trent. The final paper proposes new definitions and guidelines
for future work on the military-religious orders. The authors
include both well-known experts and younger scholars who promise to
follow in the footsteps of Anthony Luttrell and to continue
research into the Hospitallers and their fellow orders, these
peculiar European communities avant la lettre.
Even 700 years after the suppression of the Order of the Temple and
the execution of the last grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, there is
no shortage of publications on this influential military order. Yet
unlike other medieval institutions the Templars are subject to
speculative fiction and popular myth which threaten to swamp the
fruits of scholarly endeavour. Fortunately, recent years have
produced a thriving academic scholarship which is challenging these
myths. More and more sources are currently being edited,
particularly those for the trial of the Templars (1307-1312).
Others are still awaiting indepth study, among them, surprisingly,
the greater part of the charters that cover more than 150 years of
the Order's history. The papers in this volume step into this gap
and critically evaluate new directions in Templar studies on the
basis of as-yet unedited source material. Open issues and
desiderata regarding the sources are discussed and from a range of
inspiring results a new status quaestionis is proposed that will
not only provide a better understanding of the Order's
archaeological, economical, religious, administrative and military
history, but also set new points of departure for the editing of
charters and administrative documents. The papers here are grouped
into six sections, focusing on the headquarters of the Order, its
charters, manpower and finance, religious life and finally the
suppression and the Order's afterlife.
The project aims at compiling and publishing all Latin and German
inscriptions of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period until
1650. Geographically, the collection currently covers Germany and
Austria as well as South Tyrol. The findings are published in the
DI volumes. Each volume comprises the inscriptions from one or
several urban or rural districts or from a single city, issuing
even smaller complexes separately in cities with particularly large
numbers of inscriptions. The series includes both preserved
original inscriptions and those which survive only as copies. Die
Deutschen Inschriften is by far the oldest current project aiming
at the compilation of medieval and early modern inscriptions. It
was founded over 75 years ago as a joint project of the German and
Austrian Academies of Sciences and Humanities on the initiative of
the Germanist Friedrich Panzer (Heidelberg) with substantial
cooperation from the historians Karl Brandi (Gottingen) and Hans
Hirsch (Vienna).
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