The attitude of the last Capetian French kings towards the main military orders is generally seen through the prism of the Templars’ trial initiated in 1307 by the arrest of the brothers by order of Philip the Fair (1285-1314). For this reason, most of the scholars assume that this monarch as well as his three sons and successors were also hostile to the Hospitallers. However, a reconsideration of the available sources leads to different conclusions about the relations between French kings and the order which was supposed to be a leader of the new crusade.
