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Chiyaley,
CHIYALEY ,
THE ' OBDER-0 ? ' .-TEUTONIC KKiaHTS OF ST . MA . RY OF JERUSALEM . Aeoitt the year 1130 , a 'German . Crusader with his wife , whose names have not been preserved , founded in Jerusalem two hospitals for the reception of poor pilgrims , male and female , belonging to their nation . The establishment flourished , and when subsequent
endow-ANB THE INSTITUTIONS , OH ORDERS , 03 * THE KNiaHTS OE ST . JOHN OF MALTA 5 THE KNIGHTS OE THE TEMPLE OE SOLOMON ; AND THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS OE GERMANY *
ments had enriched these houses , the male brethren devoted themselves to military as well as charitable duties , and did good service in the ranks of the Christian army . The twoOrders ofthe Hospitallers and the Templars were composed chiefly of the Norman race , and their great officers were almost exclusively French or Italian Knights ,
the few exceptions appearing to be Anglo-Saxons . Hence the services of the German Knights belonging to the institution we have described obtained little distinction , and it would appear thait the fraternity was dissolved when the Christians were expelled from Jerusalem in 1187 .
All the martial spirit of Europe was roused by the capture of the Holy City by the Sultan Saladin , and the great monarchs of the west hastened to join their forces for a third crusade . The Germans appeared in greater strength than before , and foremost in preparation , as well as in dignity , was the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ,
m whom it has been said that age had no power to quench the thirst of glory , or chill the fire of enthusiasm . But the chivalrous devotion of Frederick was regulated by those prudential qualities of a great commander which had been matured in forty years of warfare ; and while he boldly resolved to take the same route through the east of Europe and Asia Minor which had been found so
disastrous to the earlier expeditions of the Crusaders , his provident and skilful arrangements showed how attentively he had studied the tremendous lessons to be deduced from their failure . JN ~ o individual was permitted to join in the sacred enterprise who was unable to furnish the means for his own support for a whole year ; and the inarch from the confines of Germany to the shores of the Hellespont was conducted Math the strictest regularity and discipline .
The numbers and composition of this army were worthy of the imperial name and power of their leader . Besides his own son , the Duke of Suabia , Frederick was attended by the Dukes of Austria
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Chiyaley,
CHIYALEY ,
THE ' OBDER-0 ? ' .-TEUTONIC KKiaHTS OF ST . MA . RY OF JERUSALEM . Aeoitt the year 1130 , a 'German . Crusader with his wife , whose names have not been preserved , founded in Jerusalem two hospitals for the reception of poor pilgrims , male and female , belonging to their nation . The establishment flourished , and when subsequent
endow-ANB THE INSTITUTIONS , OH ORDERS , 03 * THE KNiaHTS OE ST . JOHN OF MALTA 5 THE KNIGHTS OE THE TEMPLE OE SOLOMON ; AND THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS OE GERMANY *
ments had enriched these houses , the male brethren devoted themselves to military as well as charitable duties , and did good service in the ranks of the Christian army . The twoOrders ofthe Hospitallers and the Templars were composed chiefly of the Norman race , and their great officers were almost exclusively French or Italian Knights ,
the few exceptions appearing to be Anglo-Saxons . Hence the services of the German Knights belonging to the institution we have described obtained little distinction , and it would appear thait the fraternity was dissolved when the Christians were expelled from Jerusalem in 1187 .
All the martial spirit of Europe was roused by the capture of the Holy City by the Sultan Saladin , and the great monarchs of the west hastened to join their forces for a third crusade . The Germans appeared in greater strength than before , and foremost in preparation , as well as in dignity , was the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ,
m whom it has been said that age had no power to quench the thirst of glory , or chill the fire of enthusiasm . But the chivalrous devotion of Frederick was regulated by those prudential qualities of a great commander which had been matured in forty years of warfare ; and while he boldly resolved to take the same route through the east of Europe and Asia Minor which had been found so
disastrous to the earlier expeditions of the Crusaders , his provident and skilful arrangements showed how attentively he had studied the tremendous lessons to be deduced from their failure . JN ~ o individual was permitted to join in the sacred enterprise who was unable to furnish the means for his own support for a whole year ; and the inarch from the confines of Germany to the shores of the Hellespont was conducted Math the strictest regularity and discipline .
The numbers and composition of this army were worthy of the imperial name and power of their leader . Besides his own son , the Duke of Suabia , Frederick was attended by the Dukes of Austria
* Continued from page 34 /