{"product_id":"2940012263957","title":"The Military Religious Orders of The Middle Ages: The Hospitallers, The Templars, The Teutonic Knights, And Others.","description":"Full Title:\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 Modern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1879 in London by the Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Frederick Charles Woodhouse 1827 - 1905 Rector of St. Mary’s, Hulme, Manchester.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. —THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, OF KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS — 20 Chapters\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I.— List of the Convents of the Order in England\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II.— Extracts from the martyrology of the Knights of Malta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II. —THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS — 7 Chapters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III. —THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS — 3 Chapters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV. — PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH ORDERS\u003cbr\u003eThe Knights of the Order of Avis.\u003cbr\u003eThe Knights of the Order of St. James of Compostella.\u003cbr\u003eThe Knights of the Order of Calatrava.\u003cbr\u003eThe Knights of the Order of Alcantara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V. — ENGLISH ORDERS\u003cbr\u003eThe Order of the Bath.\u003cbr\u003eThe Order of the Garter. \u003cbr\u003eThe Order of the Thistle. \u003cbr\u003eThe Order of St, Patrick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX.\u003cbr\u003eOrders of Knighthood: Legendary, Honorary, and Modern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       If we can grasp the idea of European and English life and thought that all this implies, we shall see how much of present feeling and prejudice we must put away before we can be in a position to judge fairly of the age and the circumstances which gave rise to the Military Religious Orders, and to contemplate fairly the history of the Orders themselves.\u003cbr\u003e       The idea itself was certainly noble and grand. In those times the military and the religious life alone offered a promising field for great and energetic minds. But there would be men whose religious instincts drew them to the cloister, while their vigorous flames and fiery energy disposed them also to the soldier's life. It was a happy thought, therefore, that devised a method to combine these two vocations, and put a sword into the monk's hand who had little taste for the spade or the library.\u003cbr\u003e       The Christian calling is that of a soldier, and the exigencies of the times made it honorable to fight not only against spiritual but against human foes.\u003cbr\u003e       But in reality this idea, like all other great ideas, was one of gradual growth and development. It did not spring, Minerva-like, fully equipped from the head of any.\u003cbr\u003e       The hardships that pilgrims to the Holy Places endured led to the formation of societies of men who devoted themselves to their relief and maintenance, while they remained at Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e       And thus the terrors and dangers of the road became known, and the cruel sufferings and indignities that pilgrims were made to undergo before they could set foot in the Holy City, till those who sheltered and succored the pilgrim when he arrived at his destination saw that if their work was to be complete and thorough, they must protect him also on his way.\u003cbr\u003e       And so the nursing brother and the hospitable monk became an armed and fighting soldier.","brand":"Digital Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169771471088,"sku":"2940012263957","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012263957_p0.jpg?v=1763554322","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012263957","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}