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Knights Templars, in medieval history

(Encyclopedia)Knights Templars tĕmˈplərz [key], in medieval history, members of the military and religious order of the Poor Knights of Christ, called the Knights of the Temple of Solomon from their house in Jer...

Knights Templars, in freemasonry

(Encyclopedia)Knights Templars: see Freemasonry. ...

Templars

(Encyclopedia)Templars: see Knights Templars. ...

commune, in medieval history

(Encyclopedia)commune kômˈyo͞on [key], in medieval history, collective institution that developed in continental Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. Because of the importance of the commune in municipal g...

Knights Hospitalers

(Encyclopedia)Knights Hospitalers, members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Jerusalem. The symbol of the Orde...

Cressida, in medieval romance

(Encyclopedia)Cressida, in medieval romance: see Troilus and Cressida. ...

history

(Encyclopedia)history, in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal pap...

Teutonic Knights

(Encyclopedia)Teutonic Knights or Teutonic Order to͞otŏnˈĭk [key], German military religious order founded (1190–91) during the siege of Acre in the Third Crusade. It was originally known as the Order of the ...

medieval philosophy

(Encyclopedia)medieval philosophy: see scholasticism. ...

Knights of Malta

(Encyclopedia)Knights of Malta and Knights of Rhodes: see Knights Hospitalers. ...