A strategic manoeuvre by King Dinis in the creation of the Order of Christ

This work provides an in-depth analysis of the transition from the Templar Order to the Order of Christ between the 14th and 15th centuries, highlighting the astuteness of King Dinis of Portugal, who ruled between 1279 and 1325, in creating the heir to the Templars, the Order of Christ created in 1317, and his concern to protect it. The research takes a comprehensive approach that establishes links between the work of the Knights Templar in the crusades in the Middle East, in the War of Reconquest in the Iberian Peninsula, in the transition of the surviving Knights Templar from the persecution of the King of France; Philip IV the Fair to the Order of Christ and in the efficient work of these knights in Portuguese territorial expansion, where the commitment of Prince Henry to perfecting navigational techniques was also emphasised. The fourth chapter proposes a pedagogical discussion on this subject.