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• The Military Orders —     The Military Orders     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Military Orders     Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as religious, historians of the military orders have enumerated as many as a hundred,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Military Orders of St. Michael —     Military Orders of St. Michael     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Military Orders of St. Michael     (1) A Bavarian Order, founded in 1721 by Elector Joseph Clemens of Cologne, Duke of Bavaria, and confirmed by Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Military Orders of Saint Hubert —     Military Orders of St. Hubert     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Military Orders of St. Hubert     I. The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Jülich, in commemoration of a victory gained on St. Hubert s day (3… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Military of the Ottoman Empire — Army: Sipahi · Akıncı · Timariot  …   Wikipedia

• Orders, The Military — • A historical review of dozens of military orders Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• MILITARY ORDERS —    were in crusading times associations of knights sworn to chastity and devoted to religious service; the Hospitallers, the earliest, tended sick pilgrims at Jerusalem; the Templars protected pilgrims and guarded the Temple; the Knights of St.… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Military Order of Alcantara —     Military Order of Alcántara     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Military Order of Alcántara     Alcántara, a town on the Tagus (here crossed by a bridge cantara, whence the name), is situated in the plain of Estremadura, a great field of conflict… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Hubert, Saint, Military Orders of — • The highest order of Bavaria, founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard V, Duke of Jülich, in commemoration of a victory gained on St. Hubert s day (3 Nov.); some, however, date the establishment as late as 1473 and 1475 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada — …   Wikipedia

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Bulgaria — Orders, decorations and medals of Bulgaria are regulated by the law on the Orders and Medals of the Republic Of Bulgaria of 29 May 2003. The National Military History Museum Of Bulgaria in Sofia currently has over 150 Bulgarian Orders in the… …   Wikipedia