{"product_id":"2026770000905-secondhand-the-trial-of-the-templars","title":"The Trial Of The Templars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of medieval history, The Trial of the Templars chronicles the dramatic downfall of the Knights Templar, the powerful crusading order that was systematically destroyed by the French Crown and a compliant papacy in the early fourteenth century. Malcolm Barber meticulously reconstructs the legal proceedings launched by King Philip IV of France, presenting the full arc of the persecution from the mass arrests of 1307 through the order's formal dissolution at the Council of Vienne in 1312. Drawing on extensive primary sources including papal bulls, inquisitorial records, and confessions extracted under torture, the work uncovers the political machinations and theological pretexts that underpinned one of the most notorious show trials in Western history. The tone is rigorously academic yet compellingly readable, balancing scholarly precision with a keen sense of the human drama at stake for the knights who faced charges of heresy, blasphemy, and obscene rituals. Barber's authoritative analysis remains the definitive account of how an institution that had once stood at the heart of Christendom was brought to ruin by royal greed and institutional cowardice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48826078232795,"sku":"2026770000905-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0502b851-b885-414d-8c6d-f805037b5dd7.png?v=1780312186","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000905-secondhand-the-trial-of-the-templars","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}