Question

What role did the religious orders like the knights hospitallers and the knights templars play during the crusades?

Answer 1

Religious orders like the knights hospitallers and the knights templar played various roles in the crusades. Largely like modern intelligence services, they occupied roles in intelligence, special warfare, and finance.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Order of St. John was a religious order also known as the Order of the Knights Hospitallers. It was founded in the year 1084 to carry out charitable actions motivated by a feeling of compassion and mercy in the face of human suffering. For example, the foundation of hospitals. This group, then becomes an armed body that actively participated in the crusades against Islam.

The Order of the Poor Companions of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, whose members are known as Knights Templar, was one of the most powerful Christian military orders of the Middle Ages. It was founded in 1118 or 1119 and its role was to protect the lives of Christians who pilgrimage to Jerusalem.