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A chivalric order that developed in England, France, and Burgundy that was establish to develop protection of of polity under the growing power of the kings. It was started in Bruges in 1430 by Philip III of Burgundy and was based on English orders of chivalry, such as the order of the garter. It was a small restricted order of knights that existed as its own system of justice and protect the individual knights from the control of the king. It was a response of the aristocracy to the growing power of the kings in centralized states.