The Trial of the Knights Templar — Member Dossier (E-book, PDF)

Anatomy of a medieval show trial, 1305–1314. This in-depth member dossier from Writesides of History zooms in on the seven years between the first denunciations and the burning of the last Grand Master — one of the best-documented and most misunderstood legal proceedings of the entire Middle Ages.

Across six chapters (~4,000 words), the dossier follows the French trial from denunciation to dissolution, compares the trials outside France where torture was off the table, and maps what historians still argue about today. With primary-source excerpts (each with provenance), a full chronology table, and a further-reading list of peer-reviewed scholarship.

• Instant download: professionally formatted PDF e-book
• Six chapters, chronology table, primary sources, historiography
• No pseudo-history: built strictly on trial records and modern scholarship
• Goes far beyond our free Ultimate Guide to the Knights Templar