The Teutonic Order in Italy, 1190-1525

ISBN-13: 9781032153476 / Twarda / 2024 / 128 str.

Kristjan Toomaspoeg

Opis

Between 1190 and 1525, the Teutonic Order maintained extensive possessions in Italy.

Spis treści

Contents

 

 

List of Illustrations                                                                                                                                                                  ix

Acknowledgements                                                                                                                                                                 xi

Abbreviations and Editorial Note                                                                                                                            xii

 

Introduction: A border crossing subject                                                                                                            

               Sources                                                                                                                                         

               Historiography                                                                                                                           

 

Part I: The Structures

               Chapter 1: The settlement                                                                                                                        

                              The first steps

                              The era of Frederick II

               Chapter 2: Southern Italy

                              Bailiwick of Sicily

                              Bailiwick of Apulia                                                                                                                   

Chapter 3: Northern and Central Italy

Bailiwick of Lombardy

Rome and Central Italy

 

Part II: Politics and Administration

               Chapter 4: The rule of the grand master in Italy

The last years of Frederic II and the aftermath of his death

The Fall of Acre and its consequences

Chapter 5: The Italian branch of the Order under the rule of the master of Germany

The takeover

The way to the crisis: end of the fourteenth and first half of the fifteenth century

 

Chapter 6: The loss of the Order’s Italian possessions

Southern Italy

Northern Italy

 

Part III: Teutonic brethren and their activities in Italy

Chapter 7: The brethren

Overview

                              Origins and careers

Chapter 8: Spirituality and moral 

Moralia

Immoralia

Chapter 9: Order’s familiars and confratres

The familiars’ institution

Collaboration with minority groups

Chapter 10: The economic strategies of the Teutonic Order

Overview

The strategies

Chapter 11: Art, architecture and everyday life

Buildings and artworks

Everyday life

 

Conclusion: Connecting and adapting                                                                                                

 

Bibliography

 

Illustrations

O autorze

Kristjan Toomaspoeg is Professor of Medieval History at the Università del Salento, Lecce (Italy). His research focuses on the military orders, medieval Southern Italy, and frontier history. His publications include Les Teutoniques en Sicile (1197–1492) (2003), Decimae: Il sostegno economico dei sovrani alla Chiesa del Mezzogiorno nel XIII secolo (2009), and À travers le regard de l’Autre: Réflexions sur la société médiévale européenne (2018, with José Albuquerque Carreiras and Giulia Rossi Vairo).