Quand les civils maintiennent l’ordre. Configurations vigilantes à Istanbul by Elise Massicard

“…Referring to them as "vigilante configurations" captures their fluidity whilst recognizing that they are comparatively structured and lent coherence by references to role models and social imaginaries. These crusades are conducted by local moral entrepreneurs operating with a fair degree of autonomy. …”
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As Ordens Militares em combate nos finais da Idade Média: o caso da Guerra da Sucessão de Castela (1475-1479) by António Carlos Martins Costa

“…In the late fifteenth century, distant was the context of the emergence of the Military Orders, which occurred in the Classic Middle Ages, when Cluny diffused the ideal of a strong monasticism, chivalry was established as christianized group and the Crusade sought the freedom of holy places and the removal Islamic threat about Christianity. …”
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