TY - JOUR
T1 - Contemporary attitudes concerning the Templars' affair
T2 - propaganda's fiasco?
AU - Menache, Sophia
PY - 1982/6
Y1 - 1982/6
N2 - This study attempts to re-examine the correlation between propaganda and public opinion during the Templars' trial and to define the influence of propaganda and its effect on contemporary society. The re-examination of the sources and especially the chronicles, which have been partly overlooked by scholars, suggests new conclusions, namely a fiasco of Capetian propaganda. If Philip IV the Fair was successful in his attempt to abolish the Order of the Temple, it was due to the influence he exercised over Pope Clement V and not over European public opinion.
AB - This study attempts to re-examine the correlation between propaganda and public opinion during the Templars' trial and to define the influence of propaganda and its effect on contemporary society. The re-examination of the sources and especially the chronicles, which have been partly overlooked by scholars, suggests new conclusions, namely a fiasco of Capetian propaganda. If Philip IV the Fair was successful in his attempt to abolish the Order of the Temple, it was due to the influence he exercised over Pope Clement V and not over European public opinion.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=49049131970&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0304-4181(82)90045-8
DO - 10.1016/0304-4181(82)90045-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49049131970
SN - 0304-4181
VL - 8
SP - 135
EP - 147
JO - Journal of Medieval History
JF - Journal of Medieval History
IS - 2
ER -