Question

This group’s co-founder wrote Liber ad milites templi de laude novae militiae to boost their morale following criticism from “Hugh the Sinner.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Catholic military order whose rule was composed at the Council of Troyes. These crusading monks wore a distinctive red cross and ostensibly protected pilgrims to the Holy Land.
ANSWER: Knights Templar
[10h] The rule for the Knights Templar was written by this co-founder, who legendarily cried “cursed be he who does not stain his sword with blood” in preaching for the second crusade. His joining of an abbey founded by Robert of Molesme at Cîteaux spurred a certain Benedictine reform movement.
ANSWER: Bernard of Clairvaux [or Saint Bernard]
[10m] Bernard of Clairvaux was a major early figure in this order of “White Monks,” who valued physical labor in addition to scholarship and education.
ANSWER: Cistercians
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