By Colonel David Bièvre, the deputy director of the CRGN. Ph.D. in Management Sciences – Paris Dauphine University / Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography – University of Lille 

"The History, Gendarmerie, Security, and Territories Research Chair (HiGeSeT), hosted by the National Gendarmerie Research Center (CRGN), has just released its very first publication with the launch, on July 3, 2025, of the journal History of Internal Security Forces (HFSI).
The first issue of this periodical contains an article by David Bièvre, which explores the hypothesis of a Templar influence on the royal constabulary in the context of the sociogenesis of the state during the High Middle Ages. Professor Josseran, from the University of Nantes, a specialist in the work of the Knights Templar and the medieval period, describes the argument as convincing, original, and credible. (...)"

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