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Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM .
BY J . WATKINS , LL . D .
Continued from p . 95 . £ ¦ ' il "HE Emperor Frederic , forgetting the infirmities of old age , for J |_ he was the full age usually , allotted to man , no sooner arrived in i alestine but he exerted himself to the utmost in what he considered as a work of the highest importance to the interests of his
salvation . He gave laws to the Greeks , defeated the Sultan of Cogni , and established himself in the possession of Alicia , where he died 118 9 . . His son , the Duke of Sivabia , laid siege to Acre , in conjunction with the two Military Orders , where those Kni g hts performed prodiies of valour . It was here that a new Order sprung up from the
g body of German adventurers , bound by the same vows of hospitality to each other , and enmity to the Infidels , as the Knights of St . John . They were called the Order of Teutonic Knights of St . Mary of Jerusalem , and in time they possessed a consequence not much inferior to their elder brethren . The siege of Acre had now lasted near two years , when Philip II . of France arrived before it with a great
number of supplies . The French King might easily have subdued the place ; but , from a romantic spirit of chivalric generosity , he waited purposely to share the honour of its reduction with his brother of England . Richard , after completing the conquest of the Island of Cyprus , by way of retaliation for the Cypriots' base usage of some of his people , at length joined the besieging army , and soon after his arrival sold- that island to the Templars for three hundred thousand livres . It was the 8 th of J une ,. A . D . 1191 , when the English Monarch arrived before Acre . -
The valour of Richard on this occasion broke forth with a lustre which far outshone that of all the other adventurers . It was his ambition to be always in the midst of the greatest dangers , and his activity and spirit imfused an extraordinary animation into all ranks of the Christian army . ¦ The three Military Orders especially exerted themselves under his eye , with a zeal which brought them glory at the expence of a prodi gious loss in their respective societies . The
Templars lost their Grand Master and a great number of their brethren on this occasion . Acre held out against all the attempts of Christian valour till it was almost reduced to a heap of ruins , and at length capitulated on honourable terms July 13 ,. 1191 . With this conquest the Crusade ended -, for though the Christians mi ght with ease have recovered Jerusalem and the principal part of Q 1
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Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM .
BY J . WATKINS , LL . D .
Continued from p . 95 . £ ¦ ' il "HE Emperor Frederic , forgetting the infirmities of old age , for J |_ he was the full age usually , allotted to man , no sooner arrived in i alestine but he exerted himself to the utmost in what he considered as a work of the highest importance to the interests of his
salvation . He gave laws to the Greeks , defeated the Sultan of Cogni , and established himself in the possession of Alicia , where he died 118 9 . . His son , the Duke of Sivabia , laid siege to Acre , in conjunction with the two Military Orders , where those Kni g hts performed prodiies of valour . It was here that a new Order sprung up from the
g body of German adventurers , bound by the same vows of hospitality to each other , and enmity to the Infidels , as the Knights of St . John . They were called the Order of Teutonic Knights of St . Mary of Jerusalem , and in time they possessed a consequence not much inferior to their elder brethren . The siege of Acre had now lasted near two years , when Philip II . of France arrived before it with a great
number of supplies . The French King might easily have subdued the place ; but , from a romantic spirit of chivalric generosity , he waited purposely to share the honour of its reduction with his brother of England . Richard , after completing the conquest of the Island of Cyprus , by way of retaliation for the Cypriots' base usage of some of his people , at length joined the besieging army , and soon after his arrival sold- that island to the Templars for three hundred thousand livres . It was the 8 th of J une ,. A . D . 1191 , when the English Monarch arrived before Acre . -
The valour of Richard on this occasion broke forth with a lustre which far outshone that of all the other adventurers . It was his ambition to be always in the midst of the greatest dangers , and his activity and spirit imfused an extraordinary animation into all ranks of the Christian army . ¦ The three Military Orders especially exerted themselves under his eye , with a zeal which brought them glory at the expence of a prodi gious loss in their respective societies . The
Templars lost their Grand Master and a great number of their brethren on this occasion . Acre held out against all the attempts of Christian valour till it was almost reduced to a heap of ruins , and at length capitulated on honourable terms July 13 ,. 1191 . With this conquest the Crusade ended -, for though the Christians mi ght with ease have recovered Jerusalem and the principal part of Q 1