A Regra do Templo ou o Esplendor da Arte Militar Medieval

Abstract

This paper aims to provide to the studious of medieval warfare a tool, a guide of work. It tries to present in a simple and operating way one of the most original and important militaries pieces of writing of the whole Middle Ages: the Rule of the Templars. Specialists in the defence of the Holy Land, the Templars, appeared in 1120 and legitimated (with the support of Saint Bernard of Claraval) in council of Troyes in 1129, developed manners of organization and martial conducts without parallelism in Europe of it's time. These procedures are compiled in the Rule of the Templars, which was originally written in Latin but quickly translated to French, to be easily used by the friars. This work presents in a systematized and very resumed way the most important military principles included in the Règle du Temple: the military hierarchy; the camps during the campaigns; the marching columns; the fighting squadrons; the procedure of the cavalry's charge; the military equipment; the maintenance of horses and arms; the military training; and the table of the military infractions and it's punishments.