Name: A History of the Knights of Malta: Volume 1: Or, the Order of the Hospital of st John of Jerusalem (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)
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Author: Whitworth Porter
ISBN: 9781108066228

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A History of the Knights of Malta: Volume 1: Or, the Order of the Hospital of st John of Jerusalem (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)

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Physical Book

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Author

Whitworth Porter

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

546

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781108066228

Synopsis "A History of the Knights of Malta: Volume 1: Or, the Order of the Hospital of st John of Jerusalem (Cambridge Library Collection - European History) "

At the close of the Napoleonic Wars, Malta officially became part of the British Empire in 1814. As the British presence there increased, so too did public interest in the island's history, particularly the military religious order of the Knights Hospitaller. In 1858, the army officer Whitworth Porter (1827–92) published this two-volume work, tracing the fortunes of the order since its establishment following the First Crusade. Incorporating details of the knights' social habits and customs into his narrative, Porter also provides supplementary material such as royal and papal documents in translation. Volume 1 focuses on the centuries of warfare between the order and the forces of Islam, from its beginnings in the Holy Land through to the second siege of Rhodes in 1522, when the knights were outnumbered and ultimately defeated by the attacking Ottoman armies.

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