The Knights of MaltaYale University Press, 01.01.1996 - 305 Seiten This is a complete history of the Order of St John or Knights of Malta. Founded as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the 11th Century, the Order has in succeeding centuries played an important military, religious and political role in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean. |
Inhalt
The Kingdom of Jerusalem | 3 |
Le Crac | 16 |
The Sovereign Order | 25 |
The Three Sieges | 51 |
Malta | 73 |
The Navy of the Religion | 85 |
Introduction ΙΟΙ | 101 |
A NOTE ON THE MAPS | 112 |
The Tongue of England | 176 |
The Tongue of Germany | 192 |
Our Lords the Sick | 209 |
The Closed Crown | 221 |
Ruit Alto a Culmine Troia | 234 |
Resurgence | 247 |
The Modern Order | 268 |
Diplomatic Representation | 285 |
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