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Knights Hospitallers Definition
An order of knights that had their name from a hospital erected at Jerusalem for the use of pilgrims coming to the Holy Land’, and dedicated to St. John Baptist. They were afterwards called “Knights, of St. John of Jerusalem,” and their first business was to provide for and protect such pilgrims as came to that hospital. Afterwards, being driven out of the Holy Land, they settled at Rhodes, and then at Malta, and were then called “Knights of Malta.” Many of them came to England in the year 1100, where, in process of time, they became of so much wealth and digrnity that their superior was the first lay baron, and had a seat among the lords in parliament.
Knights Hospitallers in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitallers in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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An order of knights that had their name from a hospital erected at Jerusalem for the use of pilgrims coming to the Holy Land’, and dedicated to St. John Baptist. They were afterwards called “Knights, of St. John of Jerusalem,” and their first business was to provide for and protect such pilgrims as came to that hospital. Afterwards, being driven out of the Holy Land, they settled at Rhodes, and then at Malta, and were then called “Knights of Malta.” Many of them came to England in the year 1100, where, in process of time, they became of so much wealth and digrnity that their superior was the first lay baron, and had a seat among the lords in parliament.
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