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

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Spain and elsewhere. They held a castle
of S. Angelo de Ursaria in Apulia, which,
in 1228, Gregory IX gave to the diocese of
Troja. In short, what with property and
what with power, and with plenty of com-
mon sense in swapping horses, Calatrava
did well by herself.
A close alliance or hermandad was knit
up between Santiago and Calatrava, with
two principal intentions: the Orders should
each observe what truce with the Moors
the other might make; and in stress of
need the knights of either would obey a
leader of the other. The practical wisdom
of this is apparent. They fought neck to
neck.
At the taking of Cordova the Masters of
Calatrava and Santiago were early on the
scene. Complaint being made to S. Ferdi-
nand of the Comendador of Zurita, Frey
Fernan Perez, that he evilly entreated
both townsfolk and peasants, the King
wrote him a sharp letter, “in very bad
Latin” but quite unmistakable: he would
be ejected from his bailiwick if he had not
better treatment for the mezquinos, the
Truces
mutually
binding
Commands
mutually
recognized
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