JACQUES DE See also:

• JACQUES DE MOLAY (d. 1314)

MOLAY (d. 1314)  , last See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the Knights See also:

• TEMPLARS

Templars, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble but impoverished See also:

• FAMILY

family, at a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of the same name in the old See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Franche-See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte (mod. See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Haute-See also:

• SAONE

Saone), about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The family See also:

• PROPERTY

property being the See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance of an See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Jacques was thrown upon his own resources . Having been brought up in the neighbourhood of a See also:

• COMMANDERY (through the Fr. commanderie, from med. Lat. commendaria, a trust or charge)

commandery of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, he entered the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order in 1265 at See also:

• BEAUNE

Beaune in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

• AUTUN

Autun . It is probable that he at once set out for the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East to take See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• LAND

Land against the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens . About 1295 he was elected grand master of the order . After the Templars had been driven out of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine by the Saracens, De See also:

• MOLAY, JACQUES DE (d. 1314)

Molay took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge with the remnant of his followers in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• CYPRUS
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus . Here, while attempting to get together a force to retrieve the disasters to the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian arms, he received a See also:

• SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

summons (in 1306) from See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement V. to repair to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . The pope's pretext for the summons was his See also:

• DESIRE

desire to put an end to the quarrels between the Templars and the Knights of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, and to See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert plans for a new crusade; in reality he had entered into a See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret agreement with the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France for the suppression of the Templars . Molay See also:

• LEFT

left Cyprus with a See also:

• RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)

retinue of 6o followers, and made a triumphal entry into Paris . On the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1307 every Templar in France was arrested, and a prolonged examination of the members of the order was held . De Molay, probably under See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture, confessed that some of the charges brought against the order were true . He was kept in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison for several years, and in 1314 he was brought up with three other dignitaries of the Temple before a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of cardinals and others to hear the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence (imprisonment for See also:

• LIFE

life) pronounced .

Then, to the surprise of the commission, De Molay withdrew his See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession . Immediately the king heard of it he gave orders that De Molay and another of the four, who had also recanted, should be burnt as lapsed heretics . The sentence was carried out on the 1th (or 19th) of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1314 . De Molay's ashes were gathered up by the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, and it is said that with his last breath he summoned the king and the pope to appear with him before the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• GOD

God . For the charges brought against the Templars and the famous See also:

• PROCESS

process in connexion with them, see TEMPLARS; J . See also:

• MICHELET, JULES (1798-1874)

Michelet, Proces See also:

• DES

des Templiers (1841–1851) and Lavocat, Proces des freres et de l'ordre du Temple d'apres des pieces inedites publiees See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par M . Michelet (1888); E . Besson, Etude sur Jacques de Molay ' in Memoires de la See also:

• SOC

soc. d'emulation du See also:

• DOUBS

Doubs (See also:

• BESANCON

Besancon, 1876) ; H . H . See also:

• MILMAN, HENRY HART (1791–1868)

Milman; Hist. of Latin See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, bk. xii., ohs . 1 and 2 ; H . See also:

• PRUTZ, HANS (1843– )
• PRUTZ, ROBERT EDUARD (1816-1872)

Prutz, Entwickelung and Untergang des Tempelherrenordens (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1888) .