The 1307 Templar Interrogation Roll - Heresy, Coercion and Royal Power

The 1307 Templar interrogation roll emerges not as a record of heresy but as a documentary apparatus for its juridical fabrication. Confessional uniformity, archival design, and eschatological framing reveal how Philip IV transformed coercive procedure into institutionalised juridical truth. Were the Templars' confessions ever anything more than a royal script?

The Flight of the Templar Master of Lombardy (1308) - blow to Papal Credibility

The general perception is that on 13 October 1307, all Knights Templar in France were arrested. This is not accurate. At some places in France Knights Templar were safe. Or were they?
This is the story of Giacomo da Montecucco, Knight Templar, in 1307 General Preceptor ("Master") of the Templar Knights of Lombardy, Tuscia, Land of Rome and of Sardinia ànd one of two personal Chamberlains to Pope Clement V at Poitiers.