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1. Crusade

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   The establishment of chivalric orders, such as the Order of the Golden Fleece, founded in 1430, illustrates this shift. While motivated partly by potential future action against the Ottomans, the Order's primary function quickly became the ceremonial binding of Burgundian loyalty, demonstrating the transition from a religiously mandated army to a politically curated fraternity ${ }^{[3]}$.
   Furthermore, the concept survived conceptually long after the loss of the las…