Le procès des Templiers, Tome I.

In this volume listeners encounter one of the medieval world’s most contentious legal records: the full, unedited interrogation of the Grand Master of the Knights Templar and more than two hundred of his brothers, taken before a panel of senior church officials in Paris. The questioning was conducted with deliberate calm, allowing the witnesses to speak at length, which makes these testimonies far more reliable than the brief, tortured confessions extracted elsewhere. The publication also traces the remarkable journey of the original manuscript—from the vaulted treasury of Notre‑Dame to royal libraries—highlighting how it survived wars, fires and centuries of selective quotation.

The edition reproduces the sole surviving copy, preserving even the handwritten slips, misspellings and marginal notes that reveal the human texture behind the formal Latin of the notary. Listeners will hear the same uniform questions answered with a surprising variety of personal detail, emotion and occasional hesitation, offering a rare glimpse into the lives and mentalities of the accused. By presenting the entire record, the book invites anyone with an interest in law, religion or medieval society to form their own judgment on this pivotal episode.