Knights Templar

(noun)

Among the wealthiest and most powerful of the Western Christian military orders; prominent actors in the Crusades.

Related Terms

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  • heretics
  • Crusader States
  • Great Schism

Examples of Knights Templar in the following topics:

  • The Church

    • In association with the Crusades, the military orders of the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar were founded.
  • The Fourth Crusade

    • The Knights Templar were recognized, and grants of crusading indulgences to those who opposed papal enemies are seen by some historians as the beginning of politically motivated crusades.
    • In the Iberian peninsula, Crusader privileges were given to those aiding the Templars, the Hospitallers, and the Iberian orders that merged with the Order of Calatrava and the Order of Santiago.
  • The Knights of Labor and the "Conditions Essential to Liberty"

    • Wright, established a secret union under the name, the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor.
    • The Knights primary demand was for an eight hour day.
    • The Knights failed in the highly visible Missouri Pacific strike in 1886 .
    • The Haymarket Riot of May 1886 came during a strike by the Knights in Chicago, and although violence was not planned, the Knights were very badly tarnished nationwide with the image of violence and anarchy.
    • By 1890, the Knights had declined to fewer than 100,000 members.
  • Toward Permanent Unions

    • In early 1886, the Knights were coordinating 1400 strikes involving over 600,000 workers spread over much of the country.
    • As strikers rallied against the McCormick plant, a team of political anarchists, who were not Knights, tried to piggyback support among striking Knights workers.
    • The Knights of Labor were seriously injured by the false accusation that the Knights promoted anarchistic violence.
    • Many Knights locals transferred to the less radical and more respectable AFL unions or railroad brotherhoods.
    • The official seal of the Knights of Labor, representing their mission statement.
  • Labor and Domestic Tensions

    • Starting in the mid 1880s as a new group, the Knights of Labor grew rapidly.
    • The Knights avoided violence but their reputation collapsed in the wake of the Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago in 1886, when anarchists bombed the policemen dispersing a meeting.
    • At its peak, the Knights claimed 700,000 members.
  • A Brief History of Organized Labor

    • The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor (KOL) was founded in Philadelphia in 1869 by Uriah Stephens and six other men.
    • The Knights only permitted certain groups of individuals into their Order which promoted social division amongst the people around them.
    • Women were also welcome to join the Knights, as well as black workers by the year 1883.
    • In November 1885, the Knights of a Washington city pushed to get rid of their Asian population.
    • The knights were strongly for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 because it greatly helped them deteriorate the Asian community.
  • Workers Organize

    • The first successful effort to organize workers' groups on a nationwide basis appeared with The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor in 1869.
    • The Knights grew slowly until they succeeded in facing down the great railroad baron, Jay Gould , in an 1885 strike.
    • Within a year, they added 500,000 workers to their rolls, far more than the thin leadership structure of the Knights were prepared for.
    • The Knights of Labor soon fell into decline, and their place in the labor movement was gradually taken by the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
    • The killing of policemen greatly embarrassed the Knights of Labor, which was not involved with the bomb but which took much of the blame.
  • Organized Labor

    • An early example of a labor union is the Knights of Labor.
    • The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor (KOL) was founded in Philadelphia in 1869 by Uriah Stephens and six other men.
    • Women were also welcome to join the Knights, as well as black workers by the year 1883.
    • In November 1885, the Knights of a Washington city pushed to get rid of their Asian population.
    • The Knights were strongly for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 because it greatly helped them deteriorate the Asian community.
  • The Rise of Unions

    • The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was open to all workers, including African Americans, women, and farmers.
    • The Knights failed in the highly visible Missouri Pacific strike in 1886 .
    • The Knights of Labor soon fell into decline.
    • The killing of policemen greatly embarrassed the Knights of Labor.
    • The official seal of the Knights of Labor, representing their mission statement.
  • The Labor Movement's Early Years

    • The first significant national labor organization was the Knights of Labor, founded among garment cutters in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and dedicated to organizing all workers for their general welfare.
    • By 1886, the Knights had about 700,000 members, including blacks, women, wage-earners, merchants, and farmers alike.
    • The Knights won a strike against railroads owned by American millionaire Jay Gould in the mid-1880s, but they lost a second strike against those railroads in 1886.
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