Frömmigkeit und Ritterorder. Ein neuer Blick auf die Johanniter in der Bellei Brandenburg

Abstract

This article examines the heretofore little known practice of piety of the Hospitaller order in the bailiwick Brandenburg (14- 16th c.). Selected diplomatic sources are sorted according to forms of piety like foundations, indulgences, fraternities, and liturgical norms. Together with socio-religious piety research they are the grounds for the enquiry of the importance of the Hospitaller as an order of pastoral care. Th e order was in contact with various groups and individuals, with laypersons and cloisters, organising their and the order’s aspiration to piety.