Une seigneurie urbaine et son centre névralgique: le domaine foncier des Templiers à Paris et leur Enclos aux portes de la ville

This paper examines the presence of the Knights Templars in Paris by examining their lordship in contrast with the other urban powers, as well as the historical and architectural development of their commandery in the northern outskirts of the city centre: the Enclos du Temple. Until recently, our understanding and insight into their headquarters – dismantled shortly after the French Revolution – primarily relied on Henry de Curzon’s monograph (1888). However, the archaeological excavations carried out at the Carreau du Temple (2010-2011) unearthed several revelations about its early phase of development. With a particular focus on both the topography and the main buildings inside the fortified precinct – the chapel, the Tour de César and the Grosse Tour –, these updates offer an opportunity to reconsider the established facts, to present a new status quaestionis by taking previous understandings as a point of departure, and to further our knowledge of the commandery, through archival documents and graphical sources.