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  1. Overview

    An order of knights is a community of knights composed by order rules with the main purpose of an ideal or charitable task. The original ideal lay in monachus et miles (monk and knight), who in the order – ordo (Latin for 'o… See more

    Terminology

    The Secretariat of the State of the Holy See – medieval pioneer of the original military orders – distinguishes orders in the following manner:
    • State orders or orders of merit: order of a sovereign s… See more

    Medieval orders

    • Late medieval monarchical orders (14th and 15th centuries) are orders of chivalry with the presidency attached to a monarch:
    Order of Montesa founded by James II of Aragon (Spain) in 1317. Order of Saint George, fo… See more

    Modern orders

    Most orders created since the late 17th century were no longer societies and fellowships of knights who followed a common mission but were established by monarchs or governments with the specific purpose of … See more

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