Templar Families : Landowning Families and the Order of the Temple in France, c.1120–1307

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This detailed study explores the close relationship between the Order of the Temple and the landowning families it relied upon for support. Focussing on the regions of Burgundy, Champagne and Languedoc, Jochen Schenk investigates the religious expectations that guided families to found and support Templar communities in the European provinces.