. . "Milites Christi. Wall paintings programs and sculpted programs in France in hospitaller and templar churches (by the end of the 12th century to 1312) : iconographical research" . . . "Peinture et d\u00E9coration murales m\u00E9di\u00E9vales -- France -- 13e si\u00E8cle" . . . . "2004" . . . . "Text" . . . "Th\u00E8ses et \u00E9crits acad\u00E9miques" . "Ordre du Temple -- France -- Spiritualit\u00E9 -- 13e si\u00E8cle" . . . . . "Sculpture m\u00E9di\u00E9vale -- France -- 13e si\u00E8cle" . . . . "Milites Christi, les programmes peints et sculpt\u00E9s en France dans les \u00E9glises des hospitaliers de Saint-Jean et des templiers (fin 12e si\u00E8cle \u00E0 1312) : \u00E9tude iconographique" . . "Milites Christi, les programmes peints et sculpt\u00E9s en France dans les \u00E9glises des hospitaliers de Saint-Jean et des templiers (fin 12e si\u00E8cle \u00E0 1312) : \u00E9tude iconographique" . "In our thesis we try to bring different shapes of spirituality and devotion of Hospitallers of St. John and Templars to light. It involves the constitution of a reliable corpus. The historiography of the orders of the Hospital of St. John and of the Temple of Jerusalem ought to be severe, before even trying to study by themes iconography of each example of our corpus, which allows comparisons between a site and another one. Willingly lead by the will to connect humanities, striking analogies will be found between monumental narrative art and Byzantine, limousine or from Meuse liturgical furniture and tools. Our research shows that as well as Hospitallers and Templars themselves have been deeply aware of theological debates about sacraments of their time, and have promoted marial virginity dogma without faltering. By the end, the meaning of sculpted and painted programs -Roman or with a Byzantine influence, but still militant- is so homogeneous that an elaborate religious politic can be seen at the head of each order. The question is by whom and with which rank" . "L'ambition de notre th\u00E8se est de mettre au jour des aspects de la spiritualit\u00E9 et de la d\u00E9votion des hospitaliers et des templiers, impliquant la constitution d'un corpus fiable. Une historiographie des ordres de l'H\u00F4pital Saint-Jean et du Temple doit \u00EAtre rigoureuse, avant d'\u00E9tudier par th\u00E8mes l'iconographie des membres du corpus, permettant les comparaisons entre un site et un autre. Volontiers interdisciplinaire, on d\u00E9couvrira des analogies frappantes entre l'art monumental histori\u00E9 et le mobilier liturgique byzantin, limousin ou mosan. Il ressort de notre enqu\u00EAte que les hospitaliers de Saint-Jean, \u00E0 l'instar des templiers, ont particuli\u00E8rement \u00E9t\u00E9 \u00E0 la pointe des d\u00E9bats th\u00E9ologiques des sacrements de leur \u00E9poque, et ont adopt\u00E9 sans r\u00E9serve le dogme de la virginit\u00E9 mariale. Enfin, l'homog\u00E9n\u00E9it\u00E9 du contenu des programmes -tant\u00F4t romains, tant\u00F4t byzantinisants, mais toujours militants- laisse entrevoir une politique concert\u00E9e -mais par qui ?- \u00E0 la t\u00EAte de ces deux ordres." . "Ordre souverain, militaire et hospitalier de Saint-Jean-de-J\u00E9rusalem, de Rhodes et de Malte -- France -- Spiritualit\u00E9 -- 13e si\u00E8cle" .