01-02-2002, 02:32
Religous military orders were very important in the crusades' history and even later...they will be quite surely mentioned in M: TW. They surely won't be a playable faction, but they will probably form a part of one faction...The Papal States maybe?
The three main religious orders were:
1) The Knight Hospitaller (or Order of St. John of Jerusalem) - An order of military monks, founded in 1048. Originally keepers of a hospital for the benefit of poor pilgrims to the Holy Land, the Hospitallers expanded to form a military organization for the defence of Christendom in the East. After being sent out of Jerusalem they went to Cyprus, then Rhodes, then Malta http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif and they stayed there until 1798, when Napoleon kicked them away. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/mad.gif
2) Knight Templar - A military and religious order, founded about 1118 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims to the Holy Land. As may be gathered from Joinville's chronicle, it became very rich and powerful. In the end, whether through envy or some better motive, accusations of heresy and evil practices were laid against its members, and after many confessions of guilt had been extracted by torture or other means, the order to suppressed by command of the Pope in 1312.
3) Knight Teutonic (not religious) - German Fighting Order with main bases in Prussia, Hungary and Germany. Recruits almost exclusively from German Speaking peoples of Europe. (These maybe included in German states [?] or HRE)
Tera
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The three main religious orders were:
1) The Knight Hospitaller (or Order of St. John of Jerusalem) - An order of military monks, founded in 1048. Originally keepers of a hospital for the benefit of poor pilgrims to the Holy Land, the Hospitallers expanded to form a military organization for the defence of Christendom in the East. After being sent out of Jerusalem they went to Cyprus, then Rhodes, then Malta http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif and they stayed there until 1798, when Napoleon kicked them away. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/mad.gif
2) Knight Templar - A military and religious order, founded about 1118 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims to the Holy Land. As may be gathered from Joinville's chronicle, it became very rich and powerful. In the end, whether through envy or some better motive, accusations of heresy and evil practices were laid against its members, and after many confessions of guilt had been extracted by torture or other means, the order to suppressed by command of the Pope in 1312.
3) Knight Teutonic (not religious) - German Fighting Order with main bases in Prussia, Hungary and Germany. Recruits almost exclusively from German Speaking peoples of Europe. (These maybe included in German states [?] or HRE)
Tera
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Honour to Clan Kenchikuka (http://www.kenchi.cjb.net/).
Evil is within us... http://terazawa.totalwar.org/emo.gif
Visit my resource site here! (http://terazawa.totalwar.org/)
[This message has been edited by Terazawa Tokugawa (edited 01-01-2002).]