https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/38438 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:43:16 GMT 2026-04-18T22:43:16Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17975 Title: Suppliche per l’Elemosina Frumentaria : a set of 18th century petitions submitted by Maltese widows Authors: Grima, Isabella C. Abstract: The loss of a spouse invariably leads to changes in the life of the surviving partner. In late eighteenth century Malta, a widowed female faced numerous challenges in her struggle to adapt to a new existence. For a poor widow, the provision of assistance was vital. The governing Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the Catholic Church, private entities and familial sources contributed to alleviate some of the difficulties faced by widows in different manners. The Statutes of the Order of St John included stipulations in support of the poor, the infirm, orphans and widows. This paper examines one method that enabled widows to seek poor relief from the authorities through the submission of a supplica (a petition) and evaluates a number of original petitions submitted by widows between 1784 and 1788. These suppliche were specific requests to the governing authorities for an elemosina frumentaria. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17975 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17974 Title: Melitensia resources overseas : two case-studies Authors: Sciberras, Lillian Abstract: The building of a large corpus of data concerning Maltese elections between 1921 and 2009, contained in John C. Lane’s Maltadata.com site, and the wide-ranging research on the Maltese-Australian emigrant story undertaken by Barry York are studied as two separate instances considered as important overseas information resource clusters concerning Malta. The author acknowledges the invaluable collaboration of the informants for the content of this paper. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17974 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17969 Title: Bibliographic tools for Maltese historical research in the electronic age : some considerations Authors: Zammit, William Abstract: Since the middle of the 1970s, the output of published and unpublished scholarly research on an increasing variety of areas pertaining to Maltese history, has been considerable. This has been the case particularly when assessed in the light of local constraints, namely of limited professional opportunities for Ph.D history graduates, coupled with an equally limited reading audience. Running parallel – indeed a contributing factor to this – was a gradual process of opening up of overseas archival holdings to researchers, or else making those already accessible better known. My intention here is to briefly discuss the present situation where accessibility to archival, manuscript and published sources for Maltese history is concerned with a view of presenting a model as to how this can be improved, making possible research in new areas or in those which have been more or less ignored due to lack of sources. Greater knowledge and use of sources should also result in more complete historical studies where factual historical knowledge and its interpretation are concerned. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17969 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17967 Title: A bibliography on the Jews of Malta Authors: Raiskin, Shlomy Abstract: A bibliographical list of sources on the Jews of Malta Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/17967 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z