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The Brotherhood of Saint George was a short-lived military guild founded in Dublin in 1474 for the defence of the Pale; for a time it was the only standing army of the English Crown in Ireland.〔Otway-Ruuthven, A.J. ''History of Medieval Ireland'' Barnes and Noble reissue 1993 pp.395-6〕 It was suppressed in 1494. It was not an order of knighthood, although some of its individual members were knights. ==Background== ''See main article: The Pale'' Following the Norman Invasion of Ireland, which began in 1169, the English Crown extended its control over about four-fifths of Ireland; but from the early fourteenth century onwards, the Crown's influence steadily diminished and its territories shrank. By the middle of the fifteenth century the only region of Ireland under secure English control was a part of Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Louth. These lands were partially guarded by a fortified ditch or "Pale" (from the Latin ''palus''), which gave its name to the territory itself. The citizens of the Pale were constantly troubled by raids by the Irish clans from adjoining territories, and defence of the Pale was a permanent preoccupation of the Dublin Government. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brotherhood of Saint George」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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