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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... still it had its place in the history of Euro- pean civilization and progress . It did its work , and then passed away ; but whatever may have been its faults , it certainly had its good side , 6 THE MILITARY RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
... still it had its place in the history of Euro- pean civilization and progress . It did its work , and then passed away ; but whatever may have been its faults , it certainly had its good side , 6 THE MILITARY RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
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... side , and helped to lift man from the savagery into which he natu- rally tends to degenerate , up towards the high and noble Christian ideal . And if Chivalry did much for men , it did , if pos- sible , more for women . In savage life ...
... side , and helped to lift man from the savagery into which he natu- rally tends to degenerate , up towards the high and noble Christian ideal . And if Chivalry did much for men , it did , if pos- sible , more for women . In savage life ...
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... sides by enemies . Constant attacks were made upon its towns and fortresses , either by the Turcomans or the Saracens , and the most horrible outrages and cruelties were committed . Bands of half savage men frequently surprised and ...
... sides by enemies . Constant attacks were made upon its towns and fortresses , either by the Turcomans or the Saracens , and the most horrible outrages and cruelties were committed . Bands of half savage men frequently surprised and ...
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... side , and said , " We wear this white cross as sign of purity ; wear it also within thy heart as well as outwardly , and keep it without soil or stain . The eight points are the signs of the eight beatitudes which thou must ever ...
... side , and said , " We wear this white cross as sign of purity ; wear it also within thy heart as well as outwardly , and keep it without soil or stain . The eight points are the signs of the eight beatitudes which thou must ever ...
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... Side ; this is the Sponge with which He was drenched with vinegar and gall ; these are the Whips that scourged Him ; this is the Cross on which He suffered . Receive , therefore , the yoke of the Lord , for it is easy and light , and ...
... Side ; this is the Sponge with which He was drenched with vinegar and gall ; these are the Whips that scourged Him ; this is the Cross on which He suffered . Receive , therefore , the yoke of the Lord , for it is easy and light , and ...
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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.