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Knights Templar Legacy Organizations

Type Object Region Iberia Time 1312

Knights Templar legacy organizations refer to the successor institutional network formed after Pope Clement V formally dissolved the Templars in 1312…

Timeline

  1. 1129–1307Paris · Île-de-FranceIn 1129 the papacy recognized the Knights Templar as a military order, and it expanded rapidly in the Holy Land and European financial networks; in 1307 Philip IV of France arrested members and pushed for a heresy trial.
  2. 1312–1314Vienne · FranceIn 1312 Pope Clement V issued the bull Vox in excelso formally dissolving the Order; property in each region was in principle transferred to the Knights Hospitaller, but the Iberian kings secured local inheritance.
  3. 1317–1340Tomar · PortugalIn 1319 Pope John XXII approved the establishment of the Order of Christ in Portugal, inheriting Templar assets and personnel; in 1317 Aragon established the Order of Montesa, which became the principal carrier of the Templar legacy in Iberia.
  4. 1341–1350Tomar · PortugalUnder King Afonso IV of Portugal in the 1340s, the Order of Christ continued to control its Tomar headquarters and frontier fortresses, undertaking military and administrative functions in the aftermath of the Reconquista, and was the most active legitimate successor organization of the Templar legacy in the 1340s.
  5. 1415–1580Lisbon · PortugalIn the 15th–16th centuries the Order of Christ gradually shifted toward funding Atlantic voyages and supporting colonial expansion, and its Templar legacy was reinterpreted and institutionalized within Portugal's overseas expansion.

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