NICHOLSON, ONE OF THE UK'S LEADING HISTORIANS OF THE MEDIEVAL MILITARY
ORDERS...HAS A FLAIR FOR CLEAR AND UNCLUTTERED EXPLANATIONS ENLIVENED
WITH TELLING DETAIL AND QUOTATION. AND HER ACCOUNT IS COMPREHENSIVE.
AN ATTRACTIVE VOLUME. HISTORY
This short study of the history of the Order of St John of Jerusalem,
Rhodes and Malta, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, is intended
as an introduction to the Order for academics working in other fields,
as well as the interested general reader. Beginning with a
consideration of the origins of the Order as a hospice for pilgrims in
Jerusalem in the eleventh century, it traces the Hospitaller's
development into a military order during the first part of the twelfth
century, and its military activities on the frontiers of Christendom
in the eastern Mediterranean, Spain and eastern Europe during the
middle ages and into early modern period: its role in crusades and in
wars against non-Christians on land and at sea, as well as its role in
building and maintaining fortresses. It also considers the Order's
activities away from the frontiers of Christendom: its economic
activities and its relations with patrons and rulers throughout
Europe, as well as its hospitaller work and its religious life. The
focus of the study is on the medieval period down to the loss of
Rhodes in 1522, but the final chapters of the book consider the
Order'shistory on Malta from the sixteenth to the end of the
eighteenth century, and from the loss of Malta in 1798 to the present
day.
HELEN NICHOLSON is Senior Lecturer in History, Cardiff University.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781782047360
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Boydell Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter