https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148073 2026-07-22T10:57:26Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148199 Title: Burton Lazars, Leicestershire : the evidence from the worked stone collection Abstract: The small village of Burton Lazars in Leicestershire takes its name from its most significant historic feature, the medieval hospital of the Knights of St Lazarus, but in common with many other monastic sites in Britain, radical clearance since the dissolution of religious houses in the 16th century has removed any material evidence for it. The site is represented by enigmatic, and largely unexcavated, mounds in a field on the edge of the village, its buildings have totally disappeared and it is difficult now to get a sense of what the site looked like in the medieval period.1 The discovery of a number of worked stones in a garden close to the hospital site in the recent past has provided us with the chance to evaluate its appearance, at least in part. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148198 Title: The 1489 Bull Cum Sollerti of Pope Innocent VIII Abstract: The Order of St Lazarus, during the 14th -15th century, had lost it cohesiveness and had become separated administratively into three regional components: the fraction in France centred at Boigny, the fraction in Southern Italy centred in Capua, and the fraction in England centred in Burton Lazars. The daughter houses in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Germany, and the Swiss Cantons retained their loyalty to the French mother house. The 1489 Bull Cum Sollerti of Pope Innocent VIII was to be a significant turning point in the 16th -century relationship between the Order of St Lazarus and the Holy See. It provided for the benefices of the Orders of St Lazarus and of the Holy Sepulchre to be transferred to the Order of St John, specifically the Priory of Aquitaine, whenever the incumbent Commander was due to be replaced by death or resignation. The transfer of the benefices reflected the political ramifications prevalent in the European region during the period, and was initiated as part-payment to the transfer of the Sultan’s brother Jem (sive Djem or Zizim) to Rome. The terms of this Bull were never truly implemented being strongly opposed by the major fractions of the Order. Transfer of benefices was only truly affected in the Kingdom of Germany. The resistance to the proposed amalgamation led subsequent Popes to reiterate the terms of the 1489 Bull – Julius II with the 1505 Bull Romani Pontificus and Leo X with his 1514 Bull Dum continuus. The terms of the 1489 Bull were challenged in the French court in 1544 with the court concluding that the terms of the Bull were no longer relevant having been superseded by subsequent bulls and edicts. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148196 Title: Members of the Order of Saint Lazarus protecting the French Royal Household Abstract: A number of admissions to the Order of Saint Lazarus initiated their military or political careers serving the French royal household as members of the Maison Militaire du Roi de France. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/148195 Title: The involvement of the Order of Saint Lazarus in the Siege of Candia (1648-1669) Abstract: Because of the 1536 Franco-Ottoman alliance, the King of France was generally reluctant to directly support the Christian forces besieged in Candia. However, after repeated representations in 1667 from the Holy See, the king consented to allow French volunteer troops to participate in the defence of the city. The Order of Saint Lazarus had committed itself to supporting the defending Christian forces by providing the complement of five fully outfitted ships and troops. The defensive 1668- 1669 Candia campaigns were to end disastrously for the French contingent that was forced to withdraw after significant losses. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z