Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 233
ion, and grantedthem many privileges. The regulations of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem not only MILITARY ORDERS. imposed upon the brethren the triple vow of chastity, poverty, and obedience ;they enjoined upon them, besides the duties of hospitality, the exercise ofarms, in order that they… … Fig. 139.—Fortress of the Knights Hospitallers, in Syria, taken from the Kurds by the Franksabout the year 1125, and rebuilt in 1202 A representation of it as restored.—Engravingfrom Monuments of the Architecture of the Crusaders in Syria, by M. G. Rey. Driven out of Jerusalem by the victorious…
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