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Knights Of The Health Care

Posted on:2007-09-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360182499695Subject:World History
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The Hospitallers in the Western Europe in middle age is one kind of super nation's organization which have the character of military and religion. It's born on the background of the ancient historical tradition and the development of feudal society of the west in the middle ages, which has manifested the conflicts and fusions in the area of religion, the economy and the political benefit between the West and the East from 12th to 13th centuries. The profound influence to the civilization of ancient time and the modern time that the Hospitallers' activity had made in the Mideast wouldn't be neglected. The Hospitallers persists continuously activities in the area of the Mediterranean Sea, and has continued several hundred years in there. It in aspect of economy, politics, military leaving the pondering to the later generation is the very numerous benefit to understanding the complex international situations in the area of the Mediterranean Sea nowadays, especially which in the area of the MediterraneanSea east bank.In the history of western society, the Roman Empire causes Christianity becoming the national religion, from now on later one kind of custom or idea which worships to the Holy Land with heart of incomparable respect in the West gradually appeared. Going on a pilgrimage filled with bad risks, they need the protection extremely to complete the journey. The appearance of Hospital then was not only the satisfaction of the need, but this also exactly is the reason that afterwards the Hospitallers was born. The struggles in reality in the crusade eastern expedition also need the national organization which could defend the countries which just been established. The military religion orders arise at the historic moment.The Hospitallers operate under organized and systematic conditions. Their organizational structure is the base of all activities. Analyze to their extremely numerous and diverse organizational structures including organization's conditions, main officers, patterns of management and basic members. The religion always is a teacher to the Hospitallers. It endowed with the sacred characteristic to theHospitallers, also gave the Hospitallers the instruction on the spirit. Therefore, the Hospitallers must fulfill the very strict religious rules and regulations, and believe three big pledges and redeem them forever.In the long time of historical development, the Hospitallers improves oneself and affects other people in the meantime. Its members participated in the crusade eastern expedition and colonized in the frontiers of the Europe, they also positively intervened the political struggles between Western Europe and the Latin nations. The reasons that the Hospitallers can own so important functions on influence and independence is not only because of the privileges which gave by the Church, but the most basic factor lies in the Hospitallers that it oneself has independent economic origin which make the prop. The religious duty only can be fulfilled when the Hospitallers had owned enough resources. The function of the Hospitallers in the medical treatment and nursing is can't compared by other orders, because the Templar and the Teutons orders took the military functions. The Templar orders and the Teutons orders all retreat Europe after 1291, thus the responsibility of medical treatments and nursing of the Hospitallers then be even more notable. Another impressionistic activity about the Hospitallers is that the behaviors collecting the saint things and the saint marks.Above these characteristics are precisely the reasons that this article be selected a topic. The Hospitallers survived by a long time, the regions which it moved was broad, the influence which affect the domains to be broad, these all sourced from the different measures which adopted by the Hospitallers in the different time. The Hospitallers can be long-standing in different international situations from 11th to 18th century, which itself would be a topic which is worth studying.
Keywords/Search Tags:The crusaders, the Orders, the Hospitallers, the religion
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