Aftermath of the Knights Templar's Dissolution (1320s)

Timeline

1. 1321–1324Kingdom of France · FranceIn accordance with the Council of Vienne's decrees, the papacy and the French crown pushed for the transfer of the Knights Templar's lands, castles, and financial assets in France and other regions to the Knights Hospitaller. The process was delayed and repeated due to local interests, debt settlements, and missing archives; the early 1320s was the period of concentrated execution.
2. 1325–1327Iberian Peninsula · IberiaThe handling of remaining Templar members in Iberia, Italy, and elsewhere gradually wound down: some joined other religious orders or secular life, while a few cases continued under local court review. By the mid-to-late 1320s, large-scale persecution had ended, but the order's name remained associated with heresy and financial suspicion.
3. 1328–1330Avignon · FranceThe papacy's and various states' struggle over the Templars' unsettled assets continued into the late 1320s. Legends and rumors of appeals following Jacques de Molay's burning at the stake in 1314 circulated among the people, transforming the dissolution from a medieval political repression into a symbolic collective memory, influencing later imaginations of papal and financial power.