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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/42326| Title: | The Order of St. John and Malta |
| Other Titles: | Entree le glaive et la croix. Chefs-d’oeuvre de l’armurerie de Malte |
| Authors: | Cassar, Carmel |
| Keywords: | Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 Order of St John -- History |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Musée de l’Armée Paris & Heritage Malta |
| Citation: | Cassar, C. (2008). The Order of St. John and Malta. In Entree le glaive et la croix. Chefs-d’oeuvre de l’armurerie de Malte. Malta: Musée de l’Armée Paris & Heritage Malta. |
| Abstract: | The Order of the Knights of St John was officially founded in Jerusalem in 1113 as a Hospitaller Order for pilgrims to the Holy Land. These places were a source of constant friction between Muslim and Christian, which soon led the Order to acquire a military role and share fully in the crusading activities of the 12th century. When in 1291 the last of the Christian possessions in Palestine fell to the Muslims, the Knights found themselves homeless. For a brief but uneasy period they remained the guests of the Latin king of Cyprus until 1309, when they took over the poorly defended island of Rhodes and established their convent there. The Order spent the following 200 years on that island. Although they never lost sight of their function as Hospitallers, the Knights began to play a major military role in the eastern Mediterranean and, because of their position, they even built a fleet. |
| Description: | Includes a version in French |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/42326 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEMATou |
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