This paper. written in 1989 before the completion of my PhD thesis, discusses the image of two religious orders at a crucial point in their history, as revealed by a contemporary satire. 'Renart le Nouvel' both endorses the evidence of chronicles and documents and throws into relief aspects which might otherwise be dismissed. It presents a detailed and critical picture of the two most important military orders, the order of the Temple and the Hospital of St. John, at a critical point in their history, that is, shortly before the loss of Acre in 1291. - [Author]

Language: English

ISBN: 1-873041-00-4