The Catalan Rule of the Templars: A Critical Edition and English Translation from Barcelona, Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, `Cartas Reales', MS 3344

Studies in the History of Medieval Religion

by J.M. Upton-Ward (Translator)

The first complete critical edition and English translation of Barcelona Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Cartes Reales, MS 3344.

The Knights Templar, part monastic order, part military force, lived by a firm code, or rule, which exists in differing versions. This Spanish version is a follow-up to J.M. Upton-Ward's highly successful edition of the French Rule. The introduction to this Catalan Rule, Barcelona Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Cartes Reales, MS 3344, discusses the content, language and dating of the manuscript. It also provides background information derived from the French Rule (which the reader may require for a fuller appreciation of the text - see author note below) on the circumstances of the Knights Templar. There is a brief description of the provincial organisation of the Order with particular reference to the houses in Aragon, where it is most likely that the manuscript was used; a summary of clauses; and a concordance with de Curzon's 1886 edition of the French Rule. Compared to de Curzon's edition, the Barcelona text is incomplete, but it contains important clauses not found in other manuscripts. A partial transcription claiming to represent all the clauses without equivalents in de Curzon's edition was published in 1889, but it omittedseveral clauses now published here for the first time. Footnotes to the English translation elucidate the text; give biographical information on the named officers of the Order where possible; and indicate significant differencescompared with the French Rule.

J.M. UPTON-WARD edited and translated The Rule of the Templars (Boydell & Brewer 1998), now available in paperback.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Medieval, Religion

Hardcover

First published April 1, 1992

Reviews

[Oguzhan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tapınak Şövalyeleri’nin Tüzük çevirisini içeren kitap. Üstat, mareşal ya da sergeant kaç ata sahip olur, hangi durumda istirahat edebilir gibi sadece konuda akademik çalışma yapanların ilgisini çekecek bilgiler bulmak isterseniz bu kitap sizin için altın değerinde.

Ancak Tapınak Şövalyelerine dair genel bile olsa bir fikir edinmek isterseniz, geniş perspektif sunmak adına çok yetersiz bir eser. Amacı bu olabilir ancak tanıtımda genel okuyucuya hitap edeceği anlatımı çok daha yoğun, bu yanıltma maalesef hoş bir yaklaşım olmamış.

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the student of the monastic life or the lover of the middle ages, this is a truly fascinating text. With brief introduction by Saint Bernard and company to the ideology of the new knighthood, one finds a genuine piety in the text from the beginning. The further one reads in the rule, one follows the order as it evolves and all of the bumps and warts along the way. This is THE definitive text to describe the life, goals, and ideology of the warrior monk, with full effort directed to both the monastic and martial ends. Read the Rule of Saint Benedict beforehand, it will give you necessary context for this text.

[Edison Vaz Wolf Cliff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most rigorous Rule I am aware!!!

[Damián · Rating 5 out of 5]

Las leyes que regían la conducta de los templarios.