Ecclesiastical knights :

Conedera, Sam Zeno,

Ecclesiastical knights : the military orders in Castile, 1150-1330 / Sam Conedera, S.J. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Fordham series in medieval studies . - University Press Scholarship Online. Fordham series in medieval studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A spirituality study of the three military orders of Santiago, Calatrava, and Alcántara in León-Castile from the twelfth to the early fourteenth centuries. It explores the fundamental problem of the military orders: how the seemingly incongruous traditions of knighthood and monasticism were combined into a single way of life.

Issued as part of University Press Scholarship Online.

9780823266968 (ebook) : No price


Orden de Santiago--History.
Orden de Calatrava--History.
Orden de Alcántara--History.


Military religious orders--History--Spain--Castilla y León--To 1500.
Knights and knighthood--History--Spain--Castilla y León--To 1500.
Monks--History--Spain--Castilla y León--To 1500.
Christianity and other religions--Islam--History--To 1500.
Islam--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.


Castilla y León (Spain)--History, Military.
Castilla y León (Spain)--Religious life and customs.

CR5819 / .C65 2016

271.7910463