Talk:Teutonic Knight/@comment-177.239.1.145-20170609033008/@comment-26842175-20170609145220

Like nearly all medieval knightly orders, they were a religious order. However there is quite a gap between what the religious clergy and the religious orders represented. Throughout history there have been a lot of groups who used religion mainly for their political/millitairy purposes and I think it is more accurate to describe them as a millitairy order than a religious order. I expect them to be more warrior than missionary. Also, monks were not allowed to conduct violence. So I don't get their relation with the monastry.