The Origin Of Christian Military Orders In The Middle Ages

This thesis has made an investigation on the origin of Christian military orders in the middle ages. It also paid some attention to the transform of the judgement that the church held for those military orders.First of all, it described the big background for those military orders: crusade, and mentioned the origins of several main military orders.Secondly, it analysed the transform of the judgement of the church according the emergence of the military orders. During this time, the church altered its attitude about the war and the military stratum and admited the military orders.Thirdly, it tried to seek the origin of the military orders from an angle of the traditional Christianity, including the influence the traditional orders made on them and the military factors in Bible.Finally, it evaluated the emergence of the Christian military orders in the middle ages.It considered the military orders seemed to be completely new things in the surface, but they adopted the rulers of the traditional orders. The military factors came from the military tradition of Christianity. Pushed by the crusade, the concept of 'just war' has developed into 'holy war'. The admission and support of the church reflected the transform of its judgement on these new orders.