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54-452: (Redirected from Military Order ) [REDACTED] Look up military order in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Military order may refer to: Orders [ edit ] Military order (religious society) , confraternity of knights originally established as religious societies during the medieval Crusades for protection of Christianity and

108-749: A Norman defeat. The Pope had also another friendly power, the Byzantine Empire ruled by Constantine IX . At first, the Byzantines, established in Apulia, had tried to buy off the Normans and press them into service within their own largely mercenary army; since the Normans were famous for their avarice . So, the Byzantine commander, the Lombard Catepan of Italy Argyrus , offered money to disperse as mercenaries to

162-476: A form of military parade for ceremonial purposes Martial law , order and security maintained by the military when government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively Military justice or military law, a body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces See also [ edit ] Order (honour) , a designation of merit awarded by a government, dynastic house, sovereign or organization to an individual Topics referred to by

216-581: A letter to Pope Leo himself: Hatred by the Italians for the Normans has now developed so much and become so inflamed throughout the towns of Italy that scarcely anyone of the Norman race may travel safely on his way, even he be on a devout pilgrimage, for he will be attacked, dragged off, stripped, beaten up, clapped into chains, and often indeed will give up the ghost, tormented in a squalid prison. The raiding activities which brought about such hatred also occurred in

270-605: A military order; the Military Order of Loyalty ( Spanish : Orden Militar de la Constancia ) was founded in 1946 by the Spanish protectorate in Morocco . Awarded to both Spanish and Moroccan military officers and soldiers , the single-class order was abolished in 1956. Battle of Civitate 41°44′N 15°16′E  /  41.733°N 15.267°E  / 41.733; 15.267 Papal coalition The Battle of Civitate

324-498: A release for his freedom. Meanwhile, Argyros and the Byzantine army were forced to disband and return to Greece via Bari, since their forces were not strong enough to fight the Normans now that the papal forces had been defeated. Argyros may even have been banished from the Empire by Constantine himself. More importantly, the Battle of Civitate proved to be a turning point in the fortunes of

378-528: A small hill. The Normans put their horsemen in three companies, with the heavy cavalry of Richard of Aversa on the right, Humphrey with infantry, dismounted knights and archers in the center, and Robert Guiscard, with his horsemen and his infantry (the sclavos , the Slavic infantry), on the left. Other Norman commanders included Peter and Walter, the illustrious sons of Amicus, Aureolanus, Hubert, Rainald Musca, and Count Hugh and Count Gerard, who commanded respectively

432-576: A united Polish–Lithuanian army routing the Knights at Tannenberg in 1410. The Knights' state survived, from 1466 under Polish suzerainty. Prussia was transformed into a secular duchy in 1525, and Livonia in 1562 . These are military orders listed chronologically according to their dates of foundation and extinction, sometimes approximate due to scarce sources, and/or repeated suppressions by Papal or royal authorities. Presently active institutions are listed in consideration with their legitimacy according to

486-509: A while the anger and grief he felt in his heart were quenched by their blood. Finally, in 1052, Leo met his relative Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor in Saxony , and asked for aid in curbing the growing Norman power. Initially, substantial aid was refused and Leo returned to Rome in March 1053 with only 700 Swabian infantry. Adalbert II, Count of Winterthur (modern day Switzerland), their leader, raised

540-413: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Military order (religious society) Most members of military orders were laymen who took religious vows , such as of poverty, chastity, and obedience , according to monastic ideals. The orders owned houses called commanderies all across Europe and had a hierarchical structure of leadership with

594-500: The Archbishop and the citizens of Amalfi — together with Lombards from Apulia, Molise , Campania , Abruzzo and Latium — answered the call of the Pope, and formed a coalition that moved against the Normans. However, while these forces included troops from almost every great Italian magnate, they did not include forces from Prince of Salerno, who would have gained more than the others from

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648-786: The Hungarian nobility swear loyalty to him. Shortly thereafter, the Order of the " Knights of the Band " was founded in 1332 by King Alfonso XI of Castile . Both orders existed only for about a century. The original features of the military orders were the combination of religious and military ways of life. Some of them, like the Knights Hospitaller , the Knights of Saint Thomas , and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus also had charitable purposes and cared for

702-509: The International Commission on Orders of Chivalry . They are divided into international and national according to their adherence, mission, and enrollment, disregarding the extent of eventual gradual geographical distribution outside of their region of concern. Thus when being recognized, the Pope allowing only the " Order Of Christ " a Portuguese order and its Papal branch Supreme Order of Christ can claim to have any descent from

756-818: The Knights Templar in 1118 provided the first in a series of tightly organized military forces for the purpose of opposing Islamic conquests in the Holy Land and in the Iberian Peninsula — see the Reconquista — as well as Islamic invaders and pagan tribes in Eastern Europe which were perceived as threats to the Church's supremacy. The first secularized military order was the Order of Saint George , founded in 1326 by King Charles I of Hungary , through which he made all

810-494: The Muslim sect of Assassins . In 1820, José Antonio Conde suggested they were modeled on the ribat , a fortified religious institution which brought together a religious or hospital way of life with fighting the enemies of Islam. However popular such views may have become, others have criticized this view, suggesting there were no such ribats around Outremer until after the military orders had been founded. The role and function of

864-705: The Normans . In response to the Islamic conquests of the former Byzantine Empire , numerous Catholic military orders were set up following the First Crusade . The founding of such orders suited the Catholic church's plan of channeling the devotion of the European nobility toward achieving the Church's temporal goals, and it also complemented the Peace and Truce of God . The foundation of

918-485: The grand master at the top. The Knights Templar, the largest and most influential of the military orders, was suppressed in the early fourteenth century; only a handful of orders were established and recognized afterwards. However, some persisted longer in their original functions, such as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Order of Saint John , the respective Catholic and Protestant successors of

972-599: The 700 Swabian knights from the very House out of which the House of Kyburg would later emerge. The Duchy of Swabia , at the time, included most modern day German-speaking Cantons of Switzerland. But there were others worried about the Norman power, in particular the Italian and Lombard rulers in the south. The Prince of Benevento , Rudolf, the Duke of Gaeta , the Counts of Aquino and Teano ,

1026-521: The Battle of Hastings in England and Northern Europe, a reorientation of power and influence into a Latin-Christendom world. Finally, while Leo attempted to maintain an anti-Norman alliance with the Byzantines in hopes of driving them out on religious grounds, the inability of the papal legates to negotiate with the Greek court in addition to Leo's untimely death negated any hope for aid from the Byzantines, except at

1080-543: The Beneventans and the men of Telese, and also Count Radulfus of Boiano. In front of them, the Papal army was divided into two parts, with the heavy Swabian infantry on a thin and long line from the center extending to the right, and the Italian levies amassed in a mob on the left, under the command of Rudolf. Pope Leo was in the city, but his standard, the vexillum sancti Petri , was with his allied army. The battle started with

1134-487: The Catholic Church Military organisation and terms [ edit ] Military order (instruction) , including an individual command by an armed forces officer to a person under his command General order , a published directive originated by a commander of a military organization Operations order , an executable plan that directs a unit on how to conduct a military operation Close order drill ,

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1188-461: The Eastern frontiers of the Empire, but the Normans rejected the proposal, explicitly stating that their aim was the conquest of southern Italy. Thus spurned, Argyrus contacted the Pope, and when Leo and his army moved from Rome to Apulia to engage the Normans in battle, a Byzantine army personally led by Argyrus moved from Apulia with the same plan, catching the Normans in a pinch. The Normans understood

1242-572: The Germans' and Danes' conflict with the pagan Wends was a holy war analogous to the Reconquista; he urged a crusade until all heathens were baptised or killed. The new crusaders' motivation was primarily economic: the acquisition of new arable lands and serfs; the control of Baltic trade routes; and the abolishment of the Novgorodian merchants' monopoly of the fur trade. From the early 13th   century

1296-889: The Holy Land to the Baltic. Between 1229 and 1290, the Teutonic Knights absorbed both the Brothers of the Sword and the Order of Dobrzyń, subjugated most of the Baltic tribes and established a ruthless and exploitative monastic state . The Knights invited foreign nobility to join their regular Reisen , or raids, against the last unconquered Baltic people, the Lithuanians . These were fashionable events of chivalric entertainment among young aristocrats. Jogaila , Grand Duke of Lithuania , converted to Catholicism and married Queen Jadwiga of Poland resulting in

1350-573: The Knights Hospitaller, alongside the Order of the Holy Sepulchre , which remains active under the Pope's sovereignty. Those military orders that survive today have evolved into purely honorific or ceremonial orders or else into charitable foundations. In 1053, for the Battle of Civitate , the Knights of Saint Peter ( Milites Sancti Petri ) was founded as a militia by Pope Leo IX to counter

1404-453: The Norman chronicles. Nevertheless, there was certainly a strong reaction to Drogo's death, with his brother Humphrey taking over the leadership position and in response scoured the countryside for his enemies: He set off to exact punishment for Drogo's death, and after a lengthy siege he finally captured the castrum at which his brother had been killed. He inflicted all sorts of tortures on his brother's murderer and his accomplices, and after

1458-504: The Normans in Italy, who were able to win a victory despite their differences even among themselves, and solidifying their legitimacy in the process. Not only that, it was the first major victory for Robert Guiscard, who would eventually rise to prominence as the leader of the Normans in the South. In terms of its implications, the Battle of Civitate had the same long-term political ramifications as had

1512-407: The Normans until he returned to Rome ten months later. According to John Julius Norwich, Leo attempted a long, passive resistance to agreeing to anything for the Normans, and was waiting for an imperial relief army from Germany. In addition, Norwich believes that despite the lack of concrete support until later popes, Leo did eventually acknowledge the Normans as the rulers of the South in order to get

1566-418: The Pope was taken prisoner by the victorious Normans. There is some uncertainty over how this happened. Papal sources say that Leo left Civitate and surrendered himself to prevent further bloodshed. Other sources including Malaterra indicate that the inhabitants of Civitate handed over the Pope and drove him "out of the gates," after seeing the Norman threat manifested in siege towers and earthen ramparts. He

1620-790: The Templars, which is now used for Honorary State merits in Portugal and preserved as such. In 1609, King Henry IV of France linked it in France administratively to the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to form the Royal Military and Hospitaller Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem united , which remained listed as of royal protection in the French Royal Almanac until 1830. England Chivalric and/or military orders that could qualify depending on definition. A few of

1674-511: The aid of the Calabrians under the command of Count Gerard. The situation on the center however, remained balanced. Yet thanks to the continued Norman discipline in holding the line against the Swabians, the day was at last decided by the return of Richard's forces from pursuing the Italians, which resulted in the defeat of the Papal coalition. After preparing a siege of the town of Civitate itself,

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1728-411: The attack of Richard of Aversa against the Italians on the left with a flanking movement and charge. After moving across the plain, they arrived in front their opponents, who broke formation and fled without even trying to resist. The Normans killed many of them as they retreated and moved further towards the Papal field-camp, before eventually attempting to return to the main engagement. The Swabians, in

1782-550: The battle, the narrative source which gives the most detail of the battle itself is the Gesta Wiscardi of William of Apulia. To begin with, Leo moved to Apulia, and reached the Fortore River near the city of Civitate (or Civitella, northwest of Foggia ). The Normans went forth to intercept the Papal army near Civitella and prevent its union with the Byzantine army, led by Argyrus. The Normans were short on supplies because of

1836-530: The command of the Eastern emperor himself. The schism, in this case, worked to the favor of the Normans at least in the political realm. After six more years, and three more anti-Norman popes, the Treaty of Melfi (1059) marked the recognition of the Norman power in South Italy. There were two reasons for this change in papal politics. First, the Normans had shown themselves to be a powerful (and nearby) enemy, whereas

1890-475: The control of the city (as well as lifting a previous excommunication) in 1051. At this point, Benevento was also the border and march land between Rome and the German Empire and the newly established Norman holdings. The second reason behind the conflict of Civitate was the instability brought about on the Norman side by the murder in unclear circumstances of Drogo de Hauteville , who up to that time had been

1944-464: The danger and collected all available men and formed a single army under the command of the new Count of Apulia and Drogo's eldest surviving brother, Humphrey of Hauteville , as well as the Count of Aversa, Richard Drengot , and others of the de Hauteville family, amongst which was Robert, later known under the name of Robert Guiscard . Despite several contemporary sources of the background and lead-up to

1998-504: The eleventh century, the de Hauteville family, and the local Lombard princes. By 1059 the Normans would create an alliance with the papacy, which included a formal recognition by Pope Nicholas II of the Norman conquest in south Italy , investing Robert Guiscard as Duke of Apulia and Calabria , and Count of Sicily . The Normans had arrived in Southern Italy in 1017, in a pilgrimage to

2052-482: The harvest season, and had fewer men than their enemies, with no more than 3,000 horsemen and 500 infantry against 6,000 horsemen and infantry. Both Amatus' account and William of Apulia agree that the Normans were suffering from hunger and lack of nutrition, and both also add that the Normans forces were in fact so lacking that they, "by the example of the Apostles took the heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate

2106-454: The institutions survived into honorific and/or charitable organizations, including the papal orders of knighthood . While other contemporary Catholic societies may share some military organizational features and ideology, such as the Society of Jesus , they differ from the medieval military orders in the absence of military purposes or potential. Modern orders may still be founded explicitly as

2160-488: The kernels," some may have cooked them over the fire beforehand as well. Because of this, the Normans were driven to ask for a truce, but were refused, though there is some disagreement on who the greater enemies of the Normans were in refusing the negotiations, varying between the Lombards, the Germans, and the curia of Pope Leo himself, whom the Normans in fact wished to swear their fidelitas . The two armies were divided by

2214-478: The meantime, had moved to the hill, and came into contact with the Norman center and the forces of Humphrey, skirmishing with arrows and archers before entering a general melee. Most likely, this engagement was primarily on foot, as the Germans are often referred to as "taking up their swords and shields", William of Apulia adds that this was a part of their German character: There were proud people of great courage, but not versed in horsemanship, who fought rather with

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2268-572: The military orders extended beyond their military exploits in the Holy Land , Prussia , and the Baltics. In fact, they had extensive holdings and staff throughout Western Europe. The majority were laymen. They provided a conduit for cultural and technical innovation, such as the introduction of fulling into England by the Knights Hospitaller, and the banking facilities of the Knights Templar. In 1147 Bernard of Clairvaux persuaded Pope Eugenius III that

2322-560: The military orders provided garrisons in Old Livonia and defended the German commercial centre, Riga . The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the Order of Dobrzyń were established by local bishops. The Sword Brothers were notorious for cruelty to " pagans " and converts alike. The Teutonic Knights were founded during the 1190s in Palestine, but their strong links to Germany diverted efforts from

2376-455: The nominal war leader of the Normans and Count of Apulia. According to Malaterra's account, the native Lombards were responsible for the plot, and a courtier named Rito committed the deed at the castrum of Montillaro. Despite the benefit the pope and both Greek and German emperors would have drawn from his murder, it is difficult to speculate beyond Malaterra's report since the details of the murder do not appear in most other sources, particularly

2430-673: The notice of the Christian rulers of Southern Italy, who employed the Normans in their internal wars. The Normans took advantage of this turmoil; in 1030, Rainulf Drengot obtained the County of Aversa . After this first success, many other Normans sought to expand into Southern Italy. Among their most important leaders were Hauteville family members. In short time, the Hauteville created their own state: William Iron Arm became, in 1042, Count of Apulia . The Norman advances in southern Italy had alarmed

2484-430: The papacy for many years, though the impetus for the battle itself came about for several reasons. First, the Norman presence in Italy was more than just a case of upsetting the power balance, for many of the Italian locals did not take kindly to the Norman raiding and wished to respond in kind, regarding them as little better than brigands. An abbot from Normandy, John of Fécamp, for example wrote of such local sentiments in

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2592-669: The sanctuary of St. Michael Archangel in Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano (Apulia). These warriors had been used to counter the threat posed by the Saracens , who, from their bases in Sicily , raided South Italy without much resistance from the Lombard and Byzantine rulers of the affected lands. The availability of this mercenary force (the Normans were famous for being militariter lucrum quaerens , "seeking wealth through military service") could not escape

2646-521: The see of Benevento, a deed not emphasized in the Norman chronicles, but for Pope Leo this was the more significant concern in the political instability of the region. In fact, according to Graham Loud, the Beneventians, who previously had been approached by both the German Emperor Henry III and by the Pope previously to swear fealty, finally appealed and submitted to Leo to personally take over

2700-456: The sick and poor. However, they were not purely male institutions, as nuns could attach themselves as convents of the orders. One significant feature of the military orders was that clerical brothers could be subordinate to non-ordained brethren. In 1818, orientalist Joseph von Hammer compared the Catholic military orders, in particular the Knights Templar , to certain Islamic models such as

2754-413: The sword than with the lance. Since they could not control the movements of their horses with their hands they were unable to inflict serious injuries with the lance; however they excelled with the sword. These swords were very long and keen, and they were often capable of cutting someone vertically in two! They preferred to dismount and take guard on foot, and they chose rather to die than to turn tail. Such

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2808-424: Was fought on 18 June 1053 in southern Italy, between the Normans , led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville , and a Swabian -Italian- Lombard army, organised by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine , and Rudolf , Prince of Benevento . The Norman victory over the allied papal army marked the climax of a conflict between the Norman mercenaries who came to southern Italy in

2862-470: Was their bravery that they were far more formidable like this than when riding on horseback. The fight with the Swabians was the main focus of much of the battle, with the Normans attempting to flank the Swabians while Humphrey engaged them. Robert Guiscard, seeing his brother in danger, moved with the left wing to the hill, and succeeded in easing the Swabian pressure, and also displayed his personal bravery with

2916-407: Was treated respectfully but was imprisoned at Benevento for almost nine months, and forced to ratify a number of treaties favorable to the Normans. However, according to the Norman accounts, Leo was treated more as an honored guest than as a prisoner, and by no means lacked for comforts, Amatus claims that "they continually furnished him with wine, bread, and all the necessities," and was "protected" by

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