The Military Orders, the muslim world, and the dilemmas of conviviality : Connected Histories as a critical approach to the History of the Crusades.

Abstract

Th is article explores the potentialities of the Connected Histories method for the study of the Crusades, and more specifi cally

of the Military Orders. Th e corpus initially takes shape in a papal docu- ment of 1179 that listed the disputes between the Templars and the

Hospitallers. In it, we fi nd itinerant Islamic communities under the care of the Temple. We also turn to the agreement between Baybars and the Hospitallers, dated 1267, which established a co-dominium between the Sultan and the Order. Included in this agreement was the control over Bedouins and Turkmen. Both documents can serve as a laboratory for the application of the assumptions concerning the Connected Histories

method. In addition, the paper goes on to outline the recent historio- graphical positions about the relationships between the Military Orders, Th is article explores the potentialities of the Connected Histories method for the study of the Crusades, and more specifi cally

of the Military Orders. Th e corpus initially takes shape in a papal docu- ment of 1179 that listed the disputes between the Templars and the

Hospitallers. In it, we fi nd itinerant Islamic communities under the care of the Temple. We also turn to the agreement between Baybars and the Hospitallers, dated 1267, which established a co-dominium between the Sultan and the Order. Included in this agreement was the control over Bedouins and Turkmen. Both documents can serve as a laboratory for the application of the assumptions concerning the Connected Histories

method. In addition, the paper goes on to outline the recent historio- graphical positions about the relationships between the Military Orders,