https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29574 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:08:21 GMT 2026-04-06T22:08:21Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29758 Title: The Morisco and Hispano-Arabic culture and Malta : some highlights on late medieval and early modern links Abstract: In general it is believed that it was the impact of the Great Siege (1565) ..:oupled with the 'gloire' of the regime of the Knights of St John and the so-called economic desicilianismo policies of French Grand Masters La Cassiere and Loubenx de Verdalle in the 1570s and the 1580s that put the Maltese islands on the European map. If one views the hundreds of historical, geographical, political or theological works and the innumerable travelogues of the late 16th, 17th and 18th centuries which deal with Malta and the Order's state, one grasps the meaning of this perspective. Central and North European travellers who visited Malta before the Great Siege and wrote in greater detail about its culture and social situation, were Andre Thevet (1549), Nicolas de Nicolay (1551) or Fuerer von Haimendorf (1564), who may be regarded as exceptions. Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29758 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29757 Title: Frangisku Saverju Baldacchino : prepostu ta l-Oratorju ta' San Filippu ta l-Isla, kittieb bikri ta' proza u poezija bil-Malti Abstract: Għal min għandu għal qalbu l-istorja tal-letteratura Maltija, l-aħħar kwart tas-seklu tmintax u l-ewwel nofs tas-seklu dsatax għandhom importanza kbira. Għax dak kien iż-żmien meta kienu qed jinżergħu, fart mielħa u mirjieħa, l-ewwel żergħat talletteratura Maltija. L-art kienet maħnuqa minn għeruq ta' siġar oħra: siġar ta' politika u kultura barranija. Imma, l'hawn u l'hinn, kienu bdew jiftħu xi wardiet Maltin bħal Vassalli, D' Amico, Taylor, Caruana u xi oħrajn. Kien għadhom ftit wisq. Imma kienet bdiet tiftaħ xi warda patrijottika u reliġjuża Maltija. Kienu bdew jinkitbu l-ewwel poeżiji letterarji u beda jiġi mgħallem il-katekiżmu ta' Wizzinu bil-Malti. U fuq il-pulpti tal-knejjes tagħna kienet bdiet tinstema' xi priedka bil-Malti, speċjalment waqt xi missjoni popolari u waqt l-eżerċizzi tar-randan. Il-paniġirku tal-festi, naturalment, 'kien għadu jsir bit-Taljan. Anki fl-irħula. Imma kienet bdiet tinħass il-ħtieġa li fejn is-semmiegħa ma jitbmux it-Taljan, xi wħud fost ilpredikaturi jippridkaw bil-Malti. Kien eżattament fl-aħħar kwart tas-seklu tmintax u fl-ewwel nofs tas-seklu dsatax meta deher fl-Isla wieħed li għalkemm għadu minsi sa llum, kien qed iħoss il-polz ta' Malta u kellu għal qalbu l-ħtieġa kemm tat-tagħlim reliġjuż kemm ukoll talkelma Maltija. Kien bniedem li jistħoqqlu jkun magħruf minn min jgħożż il-Malti. Kien jismu Franġisku Saverju Baldacchino. Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29757 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29756 Title: Book Review : Rieger, Andreas : Die Seeaktivitaten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte wiihrend der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert Abstract: Over long centuries, its geographical location put the island of Malta right into the focus of naval activities in the Mediterranean. This was true for the commercial as well as for the belligerent ones-and often enough, both of them could hardly be separated from each other. A period of specially dense belligerent naval operations was the one between the 15th and the 17th centuries, when the expansion of the Ottoman Empire reached its high tide, whose waves also threatened to sweep over the Western Mediterranean basin. Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29756 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29755 Title: Il-korrispondenza bejn aspetti formali u sens fl-ewwel strofa ta' Pellegrin Distratt Authors: Micallef, Bernard Abstract: Meta wieħed jagħraf aspetti stilistiċi ta' poeżija, ikun jonqsu pass ieħor: irid joħroġ b'mudell ta' korrispondenza bejn stil u tifsir. B'dal-mod japprezza l-effett poetiku sħiħ. Iżda dil-korrispondenza tista' tkun oriġinali daqskemm tista' tkun klassika. Minħabba li l-koeżistenza tal-ħsieb u ta' l-istil tista' sseħħ fmudelli li huma kompletament ġodda, ġieli fmudelli ta' inkongruwenza bħalma jiġri fil-parodija, il-poeta għandu fidejh għażla kif u sa fejn jibni dil-korrispondenza. L-eżempju magħżul, l-ewwel strofa tal-poeżija Pellegrin distratt ta' Oliver Friggieri, iservi biex jiġu analizzati aspetti ta' l-effett reċiproku bejn forma u kontenut, kif ukoll biex jingħarfu xi diffikultajiet li l-kritiku jiltaqa' magħhom meta jimxi fuq ilprinċipju li l-istil jirrifletti l-ħsieb. Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29755 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z