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t. e. The orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See include titles, chivalric orders, distinctions and medals honoured by the Holy See, with the Pope as the fount of honour, for deeds and merits of their recipients to the benefit of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, or their respective communities, societies, nations and the world at large.
Self-styled order. A self-styled order or pseudo-chivalric order is an organisation which claims to be a chivalric order, but is not recognised as legitimate by countries or international bodies. Most self-styled orders arose in or after the mid-18th century, and many have been created recently. Most are short-lived and endure no more than a ...
Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220. It is associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood, with knights being members of various chivalric orders; [1] [2] knights' and gentlemen's behaviours were governed by chivalrous social codes. The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval ...
The Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem ( German: Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem ), commonly known as the Order of Saint John or the Johanniter Order (German: Johanniterorden ), is the German Protestant branch of the Knights Hospitaller ...
The Order of the Ermine ( L'Ordre de l'Hermine) was a chivalric order of the 14th and 15th centuries in the Duchy of Brittany. The ermine is the emblem of Brittany.
The Order of the Dannebrog ( Danish: Dannebrogordenen) [3] is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the Order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, [4] who formed a single class known as White Knights to distinguish them from the Blue Knights who were members of the Order of the ...
Teutonic Order. The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals.
