£39.99

Knight Hospitaller II c.1300 - 1:6 Scale Figure

This figure includes the following accessories: Prick Spurs - Used for horseback. Leather Knight Belt. Arming Cap - padded coif. Chain Mail Coif - second layer of head production. Metal Helmet. Mace Studded Club - Made with metal & wooden handle. Medieval Sword with/ Scabbard - Made with metal for "Real" weight feel. Die-Cast Oval Shield - Beautifully molded shield with/ correct texture to represent various materials used for construction. Authentic "Coat of Arms" complete with molded padding for absorbing impacts and adjustable leather straps. Metal Flag. Each article of clothing from choice of fabric; weight, colour and patterns, to weapons and equipments has been painstakingly researched and reproduced from museum quality pieces for accurate historical representation. All metal pieces are Diecast.

In 600, Abbot Probus was commissioned by Pope Gregory the Great to build a hospital in Jerusalem to treat and care for Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. About 200 years later, in 1005, Caliph Al Hakim destroyed the hostel. In 1023 the hospice in Jerusalem was rebuilt on the site of the monastery of Saint John the Baptist, it took in Christian pilgrims travelling to visit the Christian holy sites. It was served by Benedictine Brothers.

The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the First Crusade by the Blessed Gerard, whose role as founder was confirmed by a Papal bull of Pope Paschal II in 1113. Gerard acquired territory and revenues for his order throughout the Kingdom of Jerusalem and beyond. His successor, Raymond du Puy de Provence, established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem, but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.

Together with the Knights Templar, formed in 1119, they became one of the most powerful Christian groups in the area. The order came to distinguish itself in battles with the Muslims.

By the mid-12th century, the order was clearly divided into military brothers and those who worked with the sick. It was still a religious order and had useful privileges granted by the Papacy. For example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it paid no tithes and was allowed its own religious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work of either the Templars or Hospitallers. At the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other estates in the area.

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Knight Hospitaller II c.1300 - 1:6 Scale Figure