 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1828 - 416 pages
...injunctions was the conduct of the ancient nobility. The cross of Christ was no sooner lifted up as the standard under which the defenders of the faith were to rally, than all Europe was united in a band of brothers to testify their love for the Saviour of mankind. Germany, France, and England poured... | |
 | Edward Churton - Knights and knighthood - 1841 - 240 pages
...of Christ," says the elegant author of the Broad Stone of Honour, " was no sooner lifted up as the standard under which the defenders of the faith were to rally, than all Europe was united in a band of brothers to worship the Saviour of mankind. Germany, France, and England, poured forth the... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1846 - 416 pages
...injunctions was the conduct of the ancient nobility. The cross of Christ was no sooner lifted up as the standard under which the defenders of the faith were to rally, than all Europe was united in a band of brothers to testify their love for the Saviour of mankind. Germany, France, and England, poured... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1846 - 412 pages
...injunctions was the conduct of the ancient nobility. The cross of Christ was no sooner lifted up as the standard under which the defenders of the faith were to rally, than all Europe was united in a band of brothers to testify their love for the Saviour of mankind. Germany, France, and England, poured... | |
 | Henry Leonard Stillson, William James Hughan - Freemasonry - 1890 - 920 pages
...quaintly defines : " The defence of religion became the office and pride of the old Nobility and the Order of Knighthood. The duty of a Knight was to maintain...cross of Christ was no sooner lifted up as a standard, than all Europe was united in a bond of brotherhood, to testify their love for the Saviour of mankind,... | |
 | William James Hughan, Henry Leonard Stillson - Freemasonry - 1892 - 944 pages
...quaintly defines: " The defence of religion became the office and pride of the old Nobility and the Order of Knighthood. The duty of a Knight was to maintain the Catholic faith. The cross of Chmt wa» no sooner lifted up as a standard, than all Kurope was united in a bond of brotherhood, to... | |
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Order, which the old chronicle of early times so pointedly and quaintly defines : " The defence of religion became the office and pride of the old Nobility and the Order of Knighthood. The duty of a Knight was to maintain the Catholic faith. The cross... 