Order Of Chivalry

The orders of chivalry appear XIV ^century. They argue in their articles will regenerate their chivalry, or rather the spirit of chivalry, their creation is also due to political reasons. Many orders quickly disappeared, but some still in force, should not be confused with the creations, mainly in the nineteenth ^century, pseudo orders, said orders of fantasy.

Origin

Despite the invention of imaginary orders, such as a purported order of the Holy Ampulla that Clovis had founded in 496 , orders of chivalry are a phenomenon of the late Middle Ages. They reflect part in the succession of military orders arose during the Crusades and the Reconquista , it was then order of soldier monks. It should perhaps be seeking the creation of the "monk-soldier" in the Knights of St. Peter (milites Sancti Petri), a militia created in 1053 by Pope Leo IX to fight against the Normans in southern Italy, at the Battle of Civitate .

Their creation also responds to a political requirement. Vassalage had lost its exclusive look and despite an attempted revival with the liege homage , many nobles were within several overlords. In their statutes, orders of chivalry reestablished exclusive loyalty to the Grand Master, who is still the prince creator or one of its successors.

The courtly love developed largely from the twelfth ^century by the troubadours or chivalry, shown in the example of the cycle of Arthurian Knights of the Round Table , helped form the "mythology "orders chivalry in the nineteenth ^century marked by the creation of pseudo-chivalric orders without reason claiming an illustrious historical order of knighthood.

On the model orders of chivalry, the European rulers put up honorific orders from the ^seventeenth century. Although these new orders are bodies which new members must aggregate, hence the name of order, they are distinguished by several orders of chivalry characteristics: they are ranked in several classes (so that the orders of chivalry have only one class), do not reward only the noble and often a field of specialization, honoring the military and diplomats ... or more simply civilians under their merits.

Much of the orders of chivalry is extinguished by reason of the circumstances that determined their creation and that ceased to exist. Others, however, have reached us, only stripped of the forms that were more in harmony with the manners, habits and customs of our society. Several orders of chivalry evolved into an order function honorary, without changing their structure.

Date of appearances of different orders

• The Order of the Garter ( England ): 1334
• The Order of the Star ( France ): 1351
• The order of the Necklace ( Savoy ): 1364
• The Order of the Ermine ( Britain ): 1381
• The Order of the Porc-Epic ( Duchy of Orleans ) 1393
• The order of the Hound ( Barrois ): 1416 - 1421
• The Order of Saint Hubert ( Barrois and Lorraine ): 1422
• The Order of the Golden Fleece ( Burgundy ): 1430
• The order of the Cordeliers ( Britain ): ^fourteenth or ^fifteenth century
• The Order of the Ermine and the Ears ( Britain ): XV ^century
• The order of the Wolf ( Hainaut ): XV ^century
• The Order of Saint Michel ( France ): 1469
• The Order of the Holy Spirit (France): 1578
• The Order of the Thistle ( Scotland ): 1687
• The Order of St. Louis ( France ): 1693

References

Bibliography

• Orders of the King. Colleville Count. St. Francis Christo. 1925. Republication in Versailles in 2001. This book deals with royal orders: the Star, St. Michael , Holy Spirit, St. Louis , St. Lazare, Military Merit. Besides a history for each order, he lists the knights by promotion. The book is embellished with a "large table of names mentioned." It is true that we find in its pages much information they found elsewhere. "( Michel Popoff , in Reports of the Knights of St. Michel)
• Studies on the orders of chivalry of the King of France, and especially the orders of St. Michael and the Holy Spirit. by Herve Pinoteau. 1995. Besides the orders of the Holy Spirit and Saint-Michel, the book discusses about current and controversial, St. Lazarus and Our Lady of Mount Caramel.
• Bernard Marillier , "The medieval orders of chivalry," in Medieval History, No. 42, June 2003 , p. 48-49;
• Bernard Marillier, "De Saint-Georges Saint-Michel" in Medieval History, No. 42, June 2003 , p. 50-55;
• Bernard Marillier, "Order of the Golden Fleece," in Medieval History, No. 42, June 2003 , p. 56-59;

Internal Links

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External Links

• European Orders of Chivalry

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