Order of Christ

Portuguese Order of Christ

Order of Christ, Ordem de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo

Order of Christ, Ordem de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo

Background and creation In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Knights Templar helped the Portuguese in the battles against the Muslims, receiving as a reward extensive areas and political power. The castles, churches and villages thrived under its protection. In 1314, Pope Clement V of French origin and Philip IV of France, tried to completely […]

Portuguese Religious and Military Orders, Order of St. Benedict of Avis and Order of Christ

Portuguese Religious and Military Orders, Order of St. Benedict of Avis and Order of Christ

The Kingdom of Portugal, founded in the first half of the twelfth century, was not only contemporary of the Crusades in the Middle, but led his own crusade war against the Moors – the so-called Christian Reconquista. In this context, born in the Iberian Peninsula autonomous religious orders, supranational, designed to expel Muslims from the […]

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