King, Georgiana Goddard: A brief account of the military orders in Spain (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1921)

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MILITARY ORDERS
The Master
holds out
and adds
bene-
factions
motives were probably no more than spleen,
and the irritability that comes with old
age. One by one the knights got leave
from Almodovar, on various pretexts, and
cording up to Calatrava held an election,
but the clerks took no part and sent word
to the Master, and the trouble died away.
To clear his character it should be added
that the Moors when they took Almodovar
had massacred seventy Christians and the
retaliation was meant for a lesson, doubt-
less. Shortly afterwards he founded a
hospital and Alfonso of Castile dowered it
well; he went on a raid with the King of
Aragon; he was present at the taking of
Cuenca and won for the Order some
important houses and other property.
These later were exchanged for others with
the Order of Santiago. In recognition of
their great services the King of Aragon
gave to Calatrava the city of Alcaniz.
with the consent of the grandees; but
apparently the inhabitants were not well
content. At any rate, four years later it
was bestowed again, this time on D. Martin
Ruiz who called himself Master, with
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