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A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar , the Knights Hospitaller , the Order of Saint James , the Order of Calatrava , and the Teutonic Knights .
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The Military Order of Christ is the former order of Knights Templar as it was reconstituted in Portugal. Before 1910, it was known as the Royal Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Military OrdersReligious Congregations of Knights.One of the most distinctive developments of the period following the First Crusade (begun in 1095) was the creation of "military orders," religious congregations of knights whose initial purpose was to protect pilgrims and maintain control of the "Crusader Kingdoms" established by the French in the Holy Land.
Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Military Orders. views 1,926,438 updated. MILITARY ORDERS. The military religious orders such as the templars and the knights of malta, in their origins, functions, organization, and historical significance, were essentially distinct from the secular orders of knighthood such as the Golden Fleece.
Christian society generated two types of religiomilitary order: military orders and Christian orders of chivalry. Some orders have survived, but they have not engaged in warfare since the end of the 18th century, although there was a new and very short-lived foundation in 1890.
Abstract. The chapter discusses the two major international military orders of the high Middle Ages, the Templars and the Hospitallers. It outlines their origins in the twelfth-century Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem, as well as the factors that contributed to their emergence, such as pilgrimage, the eleventh-century Church reform, knighthood and ...
