Templar And Pilgrim At The Iglésia

Templar and pilgrim at the Iglésia

Introduction.

Although initially they are instituted to escort the pilgrims who came to pray, then, they also came with the kings to go to the war against the Turks.They possessed strengths and they themselves fortified strong places in all countries dominated by Christians.

They multiplied their wealth in gold and in all kinds of things, in arms of all classes, in flock of sheep, in oxen, camels, horses, more than the kings. And, despite this, they were all poor and detached from all things. They are welcoming and charitable with all those who worship the cross. in all countries, and especially strange that nurse can find a place;The brothers serve him and take care of him until he is restored, then manage the sacrament and can go in peace, or, if he dies, they take care of his funerals ..

From the moment of its foundation, this new order of monks-sailed attached the sympathies of princes and magnates, which soon warned alms and all kinds of donations, for the benefit of the still scarce regional monasteries of Western Europe,in charge of recruiting new brothers and fund provisions.

Apparently, the Temple was in the East a warrior organization remembers Eslava and Galán and in the West an almost exclusively monacal organization (except for the Iberian Peninsula, where it also fought against Islam).The base cell of the Templar organization was the entrustment, territorial possession of various kinds, farm, castle or villa, by the general from the donation of some rich man.

The parcels or priorities were grouped into dancers, which in turn gathered in regional houses and were in provinces.

Developing.

In the mid -twelfth century, the order had already been extended by both the East and the West, where it had strengths and numerous parcels. The organization became more complex, and it was necessary to divide the territories in which they had established themselves in provinces: the Orientals of Jerusalem, Tripoli, Antioquia, Cyprus, and Romania;The western Sicily-Apulia, Lombardía, Castilla-Portugal, Aragon-Cataluña, Upper Germany, Lower Germany, Bohemia-Austria, England-Scocia, Ireland, France, Normandy, Aquitaine and Provence.

For their best administration, Temple’s possessions were divided into priorities, dancers and parcels (as already indicated). A master governed in them, but the power was elected and held by the general chapter, already described. On the other hand, due to their chastity vote, they gave all their assets to it.

The provincial masters were statutory to the Grand Master of Jerusalem. Initially there was a kind of supervisor, in charge of exercising his position on all Western provinces, but, over time, two of these inspectors were precise, who received the name of visitors;Below these, and to assist them in their functions, there were a whole series of regional preceptors.

Human troops were growing rapidly and determined a category hierarchy and specialization in positions and trades, surprisingly modern for the time. Actually, the teachers were a select minority. The rest of these were composed of chaplains, ex officio brothers, sergeants of artisan weapons, officials, visitors and even temporary associates. At the head, as it has already been repeated.

The institution, protected from the beginning by the Holy See (Bulas “omne Datum optimum” 1139, which put it under papal protection: “Milites Templi” 1143, which grants abundant indulgences to its benefactors and militia ofi ”1145, which allowedThis the possession of own chapels and cemeteries) and favored by the monarchs case of the kingdom of Aragon. With multiple territorial and economic benefits, they escaped ordinary civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions.

European parcels had no other function than the network to accumulate and channel the precise surpluses to deal with the large strength expenses in the Holy Land: construction and maintenance of strengths, residences and hospitals and the payment of their weldings to the auxiliary troops orMercenarias, since the shortage of Christians made it necessary. that allowed this the possession of own chapels and cemeteries) and favored by the monarchs case of the kingdom of Aragon. With multiple territorial and economic benefits, they escaped ordinary civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions.

European parcels had no other function than the network to accumulate and channel the precise surpluses to deal with the large strength expenses in the Holy Land: construction and maintenance of strengths, residences and hospitals and the payment of their weldings to the auxiliary troops orMercenarias, since the shortage of Christians made it necessary. that allowed this the possession of own chapels and cemeteries) and favored by the monarchs case of the kingdom of Aragon.

With multiple territorial and economic benefits, they escaped ordinary civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. European parcels had no other function than the network to accumulate and channel the precise surpluses to deal with the large strength expenses in the Holy Land: construction and maintenance of strengths, residences and hospitals and the payment of their weldings to the auxiliary troops orMercenarias, since the shortage of Christians made it necessary. They escaped ordinary civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions.

European parcels had no other function than the network to accumulate and channel the precise surpluses to deal with the large strength expenses in the Holy Land: construction and maintenance of strengths, residences and hospitals and the payment of their weldings to the auxiliary troops orMercenarias, since the shortage of Christians made it necessary. They escaped ordinary civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions.

European parcels had no other function than the network to accumulate and channel the precise surpluses to deal with the large strength expenses in the Holy Land: construction and maintenance of strengths, residences and hospitals and the payment of their weldings to the auxiliary troops orMercenarias, since the shortage of Christians made it necessary.

San Bernardo, the main founder of the Cister, was delivered by the king of Aragon Don Alfonso, who was called Emperor of Spain, to the Knights Templar the new city of Monreal with a convent that was founded in it, having also indicated the income, in addition, the incomeand the fifth of the spojos that in the War of the Moors took.

The truth is that there were several prominent peninsular knights since the first moments of the creation of the order in the Holy Land. Now, turned to their places of origin, they could fulfill their oath of fighting the infidel in the most appropriate way. The company is reconquest will receive from these very prominent moments impulses, which would end up deciding the definitive turn in the situation of the forces faced.

As in the rest of Christian Europe, the Hispanic Templars knew a rapid process of acceptance and enrichment, both in politics and in material goods, from the favor of the monarchs.

It should be taken into account that the Templars could only fight against Islam in the Holy Land and in Spain and Portugal;In a way, from any point of view, the situation in the peninsular kingdoms was similar to that of a crusade, and there was not even precedents, which years later would have inspired the Holy See to convene such famous expeditions;Such was the case of a small international force that in 1604 departed from the city of Toulouse (Department of Alto Garona, France) to undertake the conquest of Barcelona.

However, in peninsular kingdoms, such contingents were not looking without reasons with quite distrust since sometimes they ended up deserting, others were delivered to looting (of Moors, Jews or Christians, so they could not be accused of racist), and sometimes his presence became ungrateful, for his dissolution life and his very scarce or null value as combatants. Nothing particular had that the monarchs prefer to protect military orders, both Spanish and foreign.

When the Templars arrive in Spain, the War of Isolated incursions has given way to a war of formal conquest, and Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarra has already managed to snatch much of Ebro central valley, as well as the city of Zaragoza

Concliios.

What was expected of the Templars in Aragon, in Catalonia, in Portugal, was the immediate military aid against the Moors. A concrete fact reaffirms this hypothesis: when the Count of Barcelona (Ramón Berenguer III) gives the temper the castle of Grañena (Lleida), located on the border itself of the recovered lands, the specific assignment certificate that this is done for the defense for the defenseof Christianity and in accordance with the purpose for which the Order has been founded.

This is exactly the same formula that we find again when Armengol IV, Count of Urgel, delivers to the Templars Roberto de Senescal and Hugo Rigaud the border castle of Barberá (Tarragona), because they have come and stayed with the strength of weaponsIn Grayana or Grañena for the defense of Christians.

Alfonso I The Battler, king of Aragon and Navarra (1104-1134), performs the jump from the mountain to the valley in the small Aragonese kingdom, which acquires its greatness with the conquest and repopulation of the Ebro Valley (Zaragoza, Tudela, Taragoza, Calatayud, Daroca, etc.), In addition to advancing through the Jalon-Jiloca rivers and areas of Teruel-