The history of the Knights Hospitaller in the Levant is concerned with the early years of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitaller, through 1309. The Order was formed in the later part of the eleventh century and played a major role in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, in particular, the Crusades.

After the Christian conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade, the Hospitallers rose in prominence and were recognized as a distinct order by Pope Paschal II in 1113. The Order of Saint John was militarized in the 1120s and 1130s, hiring knights that later became Hospitallers.

2018年8月24日 · The Hospitallers were a key component of the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204 CE), and although they were involved in the unsuccessful defence of Acre in 1291 CE, the order was credited with helping many refugees escape to the safety of Cyprus.

2023年11月10日 · Two major religious and military orders emerged during the Crusades: the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller. These orders were founded in the Holy Land during the 12 th century and were initially established to provide medical and logistical support to Christian pilgrims travelling to and from Jerusalem.

2018年7月23日 · Unlike their ‘rivals’ like the famed Templars and Teutonic Order, the Hospitallers as an order (Order of St John of the Hospital of Jerusalem) existed before the commencement of the First Crusade in 1099 AD. Its original patrons included a …

John Baptist of Jerusalem, known as the Hospitallers. They were both founded as a result of the First Crusade. Both were international Orders, whose members took the threefold Vow of Chastity, Obedience and Poverty. The Knights never owned property as individuals.

Explore the history and significance of these orders, including the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers! The Crusades were a series of holy wars fought between the 11th and 13th centuries, in which Christian armies from Europe attempted to regain control of the Holy Land from Muslim forces.

2024年10月30日 · The Hospitallers arose in the early 12th century, during the time of the Cluniac movement (a Benedictine Reform movement). Early in the 11th century, merchants from Amalfi founded a hospital in the Muristan district of Jerusalem, dedicated to John the Baptist, to provide care for sick, poor, or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land.

2024年8月23日 · In 1099, during the First Crusade, the Hospitallers were present at the capture of Jerusalem, though primarily as caretakers rather than warriors at that time. Their role in providing critical care to the wounded Crusaders helped stabilize the newly captured city.

2018年12月24日 · The purpose of this article is to examine the regional and inter-Mediterranean deployment of the Hospitallers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and their use of port towns along the Mediterranean shores.