Term
Hospitalers
Also known as Knights of the Hospital of St. John
A Crusade-era military order, also known as the Knights of the Hospital of St. John. Founded in 1048 to provide a hostel for poor pilgrims in Jerusalem, it later received endowments from the Frankish state.
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Definition
The Knights of the Hospital of St. John, a military order of the era of the Crusades. Founded in 1048 AD to provide a hostel for poor pilgrims in Jerusalem, it received endowments from the Frankish state after the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem had been established in 1099.
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- Teutonic OrderTerm
Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 412Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 412.
Last revised August 14, 2026