Knight Orders today

**Aymar de Bois Mauri** · 09-14-2004, 02:27

Originally Posted by The Wizard

These are the famed Hospitaller Knights, the only 'knightly' order to survive into this time without having been re-established.

~Wiz

Well. I must had this: Although some convulsions happened, the Portuguese Ordem de Cristo (Order of Christ), Ordem de Avis (Order of Avis) and Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada (Order of St.James of the Sword), survived until our times one way or the other...

**fenir** · 09-14-2004, 11:14

The Wizard
Quite correct.

TinCow
Sorry thats absolutely and urban myth. They where "hunted down" Literally. The where declared illegal and unholy.
Therefore no one was allowed to harbour them. Anyone caught doing so, would also be put to death.
It's a long, story, and there are several versions....but in essence, they have not existed for 800 to 900 years.

Aymr de Bois Mauri
Thank you, I was looking for them, but didn't have much time to find them the other night.

There are quite a few, knightly Orders still in existance. They are just not that well known believe it or not.
The Hospitaller Knights, are still active, and you still have to be a noble by birth to join as a knight. You can as joe blogg, public, join them only as a compainion.

fenir

**TinCow** · 09-14-2004, 13:57

Originally Posted by fenir

TinCow
Sorry thats absolutely and urban myth. They where "hunted down" Literally. The where declared illegal and unholy.
Therefore no one was allowed to harbour them. Anyone caught doing so, would also be put to death.
It's a long, story, and there are several versions....but in essence, they have not existed for 800 to 900 years.

Does that include the origin of Friday the 13th as well?

**Ironside** · 09-14-2004, 15:39

TinCow
Sorry thats absolutely and urban myth. They where "hunted down" Literally. The where declared illegal and unholy.
Therefore no one was allowed to harbour them. Anyone caught doing so, would also be put to death.
It's a long, story, and there are several versions....but in essence, they have not existed for 800 to 900 years.

They wern't hunted down much outside of France, but they was decleared illegal and they got absorbed by the Hospitalliers. In Scotland they got namned the order of St. John and Templars or something like that and that's probably why that myth is using Scotland.

Aymar, they was all abolished 1910 and then re-established 1917, they did survive 7 years of abolishment without much problem but The Wizards comment stands true.

**Aymar de Bois Mauri** · 09-14-2004, 15:51

Originally Posted by Ironside

They wern't hunted down much outside of France, but they was decleared illegal and they got absorbed by the Hospitalliers. In Scotland they got namned the order of St. John and Templars or something like that and that's probably why that myth is using Scotland.

In Portugal, they became the Order of Christ, sponsored by the Portuguese King. So, they are the closest to Templars you'll find.

Originally Posted by Ironside

Aymar, they was all abolished 1910 and then re-established 1917, they did survive 7 years of abolishment without much problem but The Wizards comment stands true.

I didn't said he was wrong, did I?

I said they "survived until our times one way or the other"... ...Even with interruptions.