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	Military order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Order of the Hospital of St. John or The Hospitallers.
		Order of Sant Jordi d'Alfama - Order of St. George of Alfama was amalgamated with the Aragonese Order of Montesa Founded 1201
		This is the case of the Orden Militar de la Constancia (Spanish 'the Military Order of Loyalty'), founded by the authorities in the Spanish protectorate zone of Morocco on 18th August 1946.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_order (693 words)

	Order of San Jorge de Alfama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among secular orders of this name which still exist must be mentioned the English Order of the Garter, which has always had St. George for its patron.
		The Kingdom of Aragon was placed under his patronage, and in gratitude for his assistance to its armies King Peter II of Aragon founded (1201) the Order of St. George of Alfama in the district of that name.
		With the approval of antipope Benedict XIII it was amalgamated with the Aragonese Order of Montesa, and thereafter known as the Order of Montesa and St. George of Alfama.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_San_Jorge_de_Alfama (292 words)

	Reconquista Survey @ 209.197.89.145 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The capital was Cangas de Onis; Western Cantabria at the time (today in modern Asturias) By the time of Alfonso II (760-842) the court was moved to Oviedo.
		The new monarch was the son of Fruela I and the Basque (from Alava) Munia, belonging to the lineage of Alfonso I. The difficulties soon arrived, precedent from the South.
		In order to avoid these continuous attacks, the king initiated tight diplomatic contacts with the kings of Pamplona and Charlemagne and his successor, Louis the Pious.
	209.197.89.145 /encyclopedia/Reconquista (5649 words)

	Montesa-Castillo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The members of the Order were gathered in two groups, one of them formed by soldiers and the crusaders and the other by the monks who were dedicated to preaching and at the service of the churches which belonged to the order.
		In 1592, Felipe II became the "Maestre de la Orden", this was the end of the control of the Hispanic Monarchy over the Military Orders of the Iberian peninsula, Montesa in the Corona de Aragón and Calatrava, Santiago and Alcantara in the Corona de Castilla.
		He ordered the construction of the "Sala Capitular", the "Reflectorio", the church, a water reservoir, an oven and the sorrounding wall of the convent.
	www.castillosdefrontera.net /ingles/montesa/castillo.htm (778 words)

	Military order -
		1173 Order of Montjoie - Castilian, absorbed by Order of Calatrava 1221
		1201 Order of San Jorge de Alfama - Order of St. George of Alfama was amalgamated with the Aragonese Order of Montesa
		1216 Order of Dobrzyń - order absorbed by the Teutonic Order in 1228
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	Chapter 10: The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia
		The Order of the Holy Sepulchre was ambiguously military, consisting of a branch of canons regular under the patriarch of Jerusalem as prior, and a branch of knights under the patriarch as grand master.
		The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem originated as a brotherhood of the late eleventh century caring for pilgrims in the Holy Land; it had taken on an ever stronger military coloring in the twelfth century.
		The Order's pre-grants included the castles and townships of Oropesa (1150), Cervera along with Cullera (1157, 1177, 1208), Olocau (1180), Sueca (1210), and all the mosques and ecclesiastical revenues of the Burriana region (1210).
	libro.uca.edu /ck/ck10.htm (15782 words)

	Alfama: Insights on Malta
		The Alfama is one of the oldest quarters in Lisboa.
		Adjacent to the Alfama are the likewise old quarters of Castelo and Mouraria, on the western and...
		ALFAMA Alfama is one of the most typical quarters of the city of Lisbon.
	ordendemalta.sansmalta.com /alfama (922 words)

	THE INTERIOR LIFE OF THE MILITARY RELIGIOUS ORDERS
		The earliest Orders were those of the Temple and the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (later known as the Knights of Rhodes, and still later as the Knights of Malta).
		Today I want to examine the intentions of the Orders and the essential aspects of their life as revealed in their primitive statutes, that is, the earliest texts of the twelfth century and the first years of the thirteenth.
		In Portugal the Order of Avis was dominant, though Santiago was close behind; in the kingdom of León defense of the frontier was shared principally by Santiago and Alcántara.
	www.hmml.org /centers/malta/publications/lecture2.html (6608 words)

	Home - Knights of Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The property of the Order in England was confiscated by Henry VIII because of a dispute with the Pope over the dissolution of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which eventually led to the dissolution of the monasteries.
		The order has a large number of local chapters around the world but there also exist a number of organizations with similar-sounding names that are unrelated, including several fraudulent orders seeking to capitalize on the name.
		In 1219 the walls of the city were taken down by order of the Sultan of Damascus; in 1229, by treaty with Egypt, Jerusalem came into the hands of Frederick II of Germany.
	vendiano.pt.infoax.org /en/Knights+of+Malta (11263 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Travel
		Alfama, the oldest section of Lisbon, is dense, and streets are narrow.
		Many of Alfama's "streets" are actually steep, narrow staircases, such as Beco Santa Helena, extending from Portas do Sol and continuing as Beco da Cardosa and other names to the bottom of the hill at the main street of Rua de San Pedro.
		It was built in homage to St. Jerome by the wealthy Religious Order of Christ, a continuation of the medieval Knights Templar.
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	Lisboa
		One exception is the Alfama, the section of town built on the rocky hill surrounding the Castelo de São Jorge (below left).
		The Alfama has that funky, ancient feeling and is littered with little bars and restaurants.
		In order to escape the heat of the city, we made a day trip into the little mountainside town of Sintra.
	www.jimgagnon.net /trip/places/europe/lisboa/lisboa.html (866 words)

	Following Orders
		Marshal to the Priory of Dixie: An Order of One
		The Order took their title from the House of Solomon, a wing of the King of Jerusalem’s palace said to be the site of the Temple of Solomon.
		By the time of the Second Crusade, the order was awarded the right to wear a red cross on their white mantles as a symbol of their devotion to God.
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	A-Z-jonathan-Riley-Smith.html
		Aragon: and Angevins 293, 313-14; and Castile 246, 267, 284, 326-7; and France313; and Granada282, 284-5; and Latin Greece 300, 303; and military orders 179, 185, 188, 192, 207, 326, 345, 354; and papacy 3, 267
		piracy: and Knights Hospitallers 99, 324, 337-8, 352-3; and Mamluk sultanate 248-9; and Santo Stefano order 349; Turkish 294, 306
		Syria: and Cyprus 295; and disintegration of Seljuk empire 213, 215-16; and Egypt 239, 240-2, 246; and military orders 135, 183, 184, 186-7, 189-90, 194, 203, 298; and Mongols 238-9; and Ottoman Turks 5, 284, 297; and Shi'i Muslims 214; and Venice 316
	www.allcrusades.com /INDEX/A-Z-Jonathan-Riley-Smith.html (5787 words)

	chronological 1200 - 1249
		Raymond-Roger de Trencavel is executed and Simon de Montfort, commander of the Crusader army, assumes control of the city and surrounding region for himself.
		June 25: Death of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and leader of the Crusade against the Cathars in southern France.
		In short order he conquers all of the Russian principalities and defeats both the Hungarians and the Poles.
	www.allcrusades.com /CHRONOLOGICAL/chrono-1200-1249.html (5402 words)

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	Military order - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		OneLang.com lets you search a huge database of reference and product information to find relevant, specific information on almost any topic.
		The foundation of the Templars in 1118 provided the first in a series of tightly organised military forces which protected the Christian colonies in the Middle East, as well as fighting non-Christians in Spain and Eastern Europe.
		Bogus orders make fraudulent or unsubstantiable claims of ancient lineage while self-styled orders were not established by a legitimate and seated head of state.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Military_order (382 words)

	Facts about military order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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	Diaspora Macaense em America
		A good place to start is the Castelo de São Jorge (St. George's Castle), reached by foot or tram, which overlooks the Alfama district and provides stunning vistas over the red-tiled roofs of the city, the Rio Tejo (Tagus River) and the hills beyond.
		He told me that it was better than chicken soup, so I asked the expressionless waitress behind the counter to change my order of chicken soup to split-pea soup, at which she immediately put her head through the small window, and in a loud voice, hollered, "Hold the chicken and make it pea".
		We arrived in San Francisco on the last day of 1958, and as was the Macanese tradition we went to church to attend Te Deum services.
	www.diasporamacaense.org /The%20Way%20It%20Was.htm (8736 words)

	Knights Templar Chronology
		Foundation of the Orders of Avis (as the Order of Evora) and Alcantara (as the Order of San Julian del Peirero)
		Foundation of the Order of San Jorge de Alfama
		Albert of Brandenburg, Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order, adopts Lutheranism
	www.ordotempli.org /knights_templar_chronology.htm (1609 words)

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		THE angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgins name was Mary.
		No other senator had the combination of endowments Gene possessed: He was a philosopher, a skilled 6' 4" baseball and hockey player, a visionary statesman, a moralist, an eloquent orator and graceful poet with a mastery of English diction and a wit equal to Shaw's that had no match in the Senate.
		On October 30 of 2004, in the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Joanie Hammonds was ordained into the Sacred Order of Deacons.
	www.dcult.com /Christianity-(H-Z)/cat.php (1956 words)

	1201 Discourse @ GipsyPrincess.com (Gipsy Princess) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		October 9 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (died 1274)
		September 5 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (born 1161)
		Joachim of Fiore, founder of monastic order of San Giovanni (born 1135)
	www.gipsyprincess.com /encyclopedia/1201 (272 words)

	Lisbon Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Shown is the gate for Castle San Jorge.
		It is also a nice building, the roofs are made of glass and a nice detail is the water that runs down over it in order to keep it cool (take a look at the picture).
		If you look at it carefully, you will notice it is tilting to one of the sides in order to not accumulate water on top (it would make it collapse).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Portugal/Distrito_de_Lisboa/Lisbon-286122/Things_To_Do-Lisbon-R-24.html (670 words)

	THE HATE GENIUS
		Looking down, he could see the Castello de San Jorge on its rocky hill in the Alfama district And suddenly he realized that he could recall with an unnatural clarity the exact appearance of the ancient Castello de San Jorge.
		General Neufsedt had started ordering the execution of American prisoners of war, and his assassination had put a stop to that.
		Pat ordered coffee and hot milk, half and half, stumbling with the Portuguese words, until the other girl helped her out.
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	KPIX - Travel: St. George's Castle (Castelo de Sao Jorge) - Lisbon - Reviews of St. George's Castle (Castelo de Sao ...
		Located in the historic Alfama district, this brooding Moorish castle dominates the city from its vantage point atop Lisbon's highest hill.
		"Castelo de Sao Jorge and Alfama" IgoUgo.com, Dec 29, 2002
		Subway Although you should walk through the city in order to see its amazing architecture, the subway is a good alternative for efficient and fast...
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		We will then have dinner in the Alfama neighbourhood, at the exquisite restaurant "Bacalhau de Molho" (1, Beco dos Armazéns do Linho) in the company of excellent Fado singer Teresa Tapada,..a talented artist from a younger generation,-- committed to tradition as a living process of continuous excellence, emulation and invention........
		Check-in in Viseu Hotels and Lunch on your own, at the Hotel, or in the city centre.The Hotel Grão Vasco is right near the Historic Centre whereas the Hotel Montebelo is about 15 walking minutes from the City Centre.
		The Convento de Cristo is an extraordinary complex ensemble founded in 1162 by the Grand Master of the Templar Order of Tomar, and developed, and expanded over centuries into a sophisticated and inspiring urban monument, a great historical synthesis of building crafts and urban architecture!
	www.ceu-net.org /id17_m.htm (661 words)

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	First Stop: Lisbon, Portugal - Gadling
		I'm off to the city of seven hills, to ride the funicular, listen to some fado and meander through the Alfama, Baixa and Barrio Alto neighborhoods.
		I want to walk along the Tagus, taste some port wine, learn about the azueljos tiling art and visit the ruins of Castelo de Sao Jorge.
		I've become familiar with the names of places by thumbing through guidebooks but I'm careful not to read too much.
	paddling.gadling.com /2006/01/06/first-stop-lisbon-portugal (656 words)

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