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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/10842| Title: | Justices and injustices : the Order of St.John, the Holy See, and the Appeals Tribunal in Rome |
| Authors: | Cassar, Carmel |
| Keywords: | Knights of Malta -- History -- 17th century Catholic Church -- Rome -- 17th century Rome (Italy). Administrative Appeals Tribunal Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- 17th century Administrative remedies -- Rome -- History Papacy -- History -- 17th century Order of St John -- History -- 17th century |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Citation: | Cassar, C. (2008). Justices and injustices : the Order of St.John, the Holy See, and the Appeals Tribunal in Rome. History and Anthrophology,19(4), 305-323 |
| Abstract: | In the early seventeenth century it became customary for knights of Malta who committed crimes to appeal to the tribunal of the Apostolic Chamber (Audentia Camera) in Rome. The Grand Masters of the Order of St John in Malta blamed this practice on the advent of the Apostolic Visitor and Roman Inquisitor in 1574 and saw its activities as a direct infringement of their authority over members of the Order and their subjects in Malta. Therefore on occasions successive Grand Masters found ways to “protest” with the Holy See claiming that the activities of the Apostolic Chamber were a threat to their rule, but the Grand Masters could not go beyond protesting because the Order of St John was above all a Catholic religious institution and the Pope in Rome was its ultimate head. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/10842 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCASHHer |
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