Kristjan Toomaspoeg is Professor of Medieval History at the Università del Salento, Lecce (Italy). His research focuses on the military orders, medieval Southern Italy and frontier history. His publications include Les Teutoniques en Sicile (1197-1492) (2003), Decimae: Il sostegno economico dei sovrani alla Chiesa del Mezzogiorno nel XIII secolo (2009), and À travers le regard de l'Autre: Réflexions sur la société médiévale européenne (2018, with José Albuquerque Carreiras and Giulia Rossi Vairo).

Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgements xi

Abbreviations and Editorial Note xii

Introduction: A border crossing subject

Sources

Historiography

Part I: The Structures

Chapter 1: The settlement

The first steps

The era of Frederick II

Chapter 2: Southern Italy

Bailiwick of Sicily

Bailiwick of Apulia

Chapter 3: Northern and Central Italy

Bailiwick of Lombardy

Rome and Central Italy

Part II: Politics and Administration

Chapter 4: The rule of the grand master in Italy

The last years of Frederic II and the aftermath of his death

The Fall of Acre and its consequences

Chapter 5: The Italian branch of the Order under the rule of the master of Germany

The takeover

The way to the crisis: end of the fourteenth and first half of the fifteenth century

Chapter 6: The loss of the Order's Italian possessions

Southern Italy

Northern Italy

Part III: Teutonic brethren and their activities in Italy

Chapter 7: The brethren

Overview

Origins and careers

Chapter 8: Spirituality and moral

Moralia

Immoralia

Chapter 9: Order's familiars and confratres

The familiars' institution

Collaboration with minority groups

Chapter 10: The economic strategies of the Teutonic Order

Overview

The strategies

Chapter 11: Art, architecture and everyday life

Buildings and artworks

Everyday life

Conclusion: Connecting and adapting

Bibliography

Illustrations

Between 1190 and 1525, the Teutonic Order maintained extensive possessions in Italy.