The Military Religious Orders of the Middle Ages: The Hospitallers, the Templars, the Teutonic Knights, and Others : with an Appendix of Other Orders of Knighthood : Legendary, Honorary, and ModernS.P.C.K., 1879 - 360 páginas |
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... called can hardly be said to have existed till about the eleventh century . The Roman and Greek civilizations were gone . The hordes of northern tribes had swept over Europe one after another , and with reckless waste had not merely ...
... called can hardly be said to have existed till about the eleventh century . The Roman and Greek civilizations were gone . The hordes of northern tribes had swept over Europe one after another , and with reckless waste had not merely ...
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... called , being removed from the rude surroundings of their country homes , became ac- quainted , in the capital of their country , with all the highest knowledge and the gentlest manners that the times could boast . And when they came ...
... called , being removed from the rude surroundings of their country homes , became ac- quainted , in the capital of their country , with all the highest knowledge and the gentlest manners that the times could boast . And when they came ...
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... called . To him the Order owed its distinctly military character , and that wonderful organization , combining the care of the sick and poor with the profession of arms , which charac- terized the Knights of St. John during all their ...
... called . To him the Order owed its distinctly military character , and that wonderful organization , combining the care of the sick and poor with the profession of arms , which charac- terized the Knights of St. John during all their ...
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... called the Saladin tithe . Spain alone was unable to join , having her hands full in fighting the Moors and Saracens , who had invaded and kept possession of the finest provinces of the peninsula . The Princess Sancha , however ...
... called the Saladin tithe . Spain alone was unable to join , having her hands full in fighting the Moors and Saracens , who had invaded and kept possession of the finest provinces of the peninsula . The Princess Sancha , however ...
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... called St. Jean d'Acre . The city of Acre , as it was at this time , has been thus described : " Beautiful as it is , even in our own day , it was yet more beautiful when , seven centuries ago , it was the Christian capital of the East ...
... called St. Jean d'Acre . The city of Acre , as it was at this time , has been thus described : " Beautiful as it is , even in our own day , it was yet more beautiful when , seven centuries ago , it was the Christian capital of the East ...
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Acre afterwards arms army attack Bailiff Bajazet battle besieged brave brethren capture castle CHAPTER Charles Christ Christendom Christian church civil Cloth boards command Constantinople cross Crown 8vo Crusade death defence dominions Dragut Duke elected Elmo Emperor enemy England Europe expedition faith fight fleet forces fortifications fortress founded France galleys garrison Grand Master hands Holy Land honour Hospital Hospitallers Illustrations on toned inhabitants instituted island Jerusalem John King Knights of Rhodes Knights of St L'Isle Adam Louis Mahomet Malta Moors Moslem motto noble Order of Calatrava Order of knighthood ORDER of ST Palestine pilgrims Pope Portugal possession princes prisoners Prussia ranks received Rhodes Saladin sent ships Sicily sick siege soldiers Solyman soon Spain succour Sultan Sultan of Egypt sword taken Templars Temple terrible Teutonic Knights Teutonic Order Three full-page Illustrations toned paper town troops Turkish Turks Valette valour vessels victory walls wounded
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Página 205 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Página 31 - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Página xix - We have but faith: we cannot know; For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Página xix - Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Página 1 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs...
Página v - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me?
Página 16 - To chase these pagans, in those holy fields, Over whose acres walked those blessed feet, Which, fourteen hundred years ago, were nailed, For our advantage, on the bitter cross.