The Trial of the Templars in Cyprus : : A Complete English Edition / / Anne Gilmour-Bryson.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 17
• VerfasserIn: Gilmour-Bryson, Anne,
• TeilnehmendeR: Gilmour-Bryson, Anne, 1934-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This major study includes a translation of all testimony heard during the Templar trial in Cyprus in 1310 or 1311. The trial is of immense importance to the study of the history of the order because of the large number of Templar witnesses, seventy-six, many of high rank, and the ancillary testimony of fifty-six noblemen, burghers, and members, of the regular and secular clergy. What makes the trial especially significant is that torture appears not to have been used, allowing witnesses to give their opinion of the order free of the usual constraint. A large amount of testimony omitted from the Latin edition appears here for the first time. Witnesses are cross-referenced to other Templar trials, or to Cypriot notarial documents. The work is completed by photographs, maps, an exhaustive index, lists of witnesses, and bibliography.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Map of Cyprus by L. de Mas Latrie -- Map of Cyprus and The Latin Kingdom -- Legend for Symbols used within the Text -- Introduction 1 -- Preliminaries 43 -- Testimony of Non-Templar Witnesses 51 -- Templar Witnesses, Short Depositions 77 -- Templar Witnesses, Long Depositions 155 -- Testimony of Non-Templar Witnesses 405 -- Closing Notary Statement 441 -- Table 1 Comparative List of Accusations 443 -- Table 2 List of Witnesses 447 -- Illustrations 452 -- Bibliography 453 -- Index 465.