The Temple of the Knights of Malta
Author | : Nicholas De Piro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | : 9789990985030 |
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Author | : Nicholas De Piro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | : 9789990985030 |
Author | : Cynthia De Giorgio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | : 9789990985429 |
Author | : Cynthia De Giorgio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-11 |
Genre | : Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | : 9789993275374 |
The book outlines the history of the church. It also describes the chapels, the art and the treasures found within. Moreover it is the first book to be published after the completion of the restoration project of the main nave. This new edition retains most of the narrative of the 2010 edition however all photography has now been changed to reflect
Author | : Helen J. Nicholson |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780851158457 |
This short study of the history of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, is intended as an introduction to the Order for academics working in other fields, as well as the interested general reader. Beginning with a consideration of the origins of the Order as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the eleventh century, it traces the Hospitaller's development into a military order during the first part of the 12th century, and its military activities on the frontiers of Christendom in the eastern Mediterranean, Spain and eastern Europe during the middle ages and into early modern period: its role in crusades and in wars against non-Christians on land and at sea, as well as its role in building and maintaining fortresses.
Author | : H. J. A. Sire |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780300068856 |
This is a complete history of the Order of St John or Knights of Malta. Founded as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the 11th Century, the Order has in succeeding centuries played an important military, religious and political role in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean.
Author | : Lewis Masonic |
Publisher | : Lewis Masonic Pub |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Freemasonry |
ISBN | : 9780853183631 |
This book contains the official ritual of the order of the knights of Malta Ritual.
Author | : James Wasserman |
Publisher | : Destiny Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2006-09-18 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9781594771170 |
A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive look at the mysterious history of the Order of the Knights Templar • Presents the myths and historical truths of the Knights Templar, the elite warrior army of the pope who were destroyed as heretics some 700 years ago • Examines the evidence of the Templar connections to the Assassins and the Cathars • Includes more than 170 period illustrations and contemporary photos of former Templar strongholds in Europe and Jerusalem Despite the increasing scholarship devoted to the study of the Templar order, founded in 1119, the mystery surrounding the Templars endures. Secret societies from the Freemasons to the Ordo Templi Orientis claim descent from this religious order of warrior-monks. As the private army of the pope, the Knights Templar were initially established to protect Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land but grew to become one of the most powerful organizations in the Middle Ages. With period illustrations from manuscripts from the Crusades, interpretive romantic paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries, and contemporary photos by Steven Brooke and others of former Templar strongholds in Europe and Jerusalem, James Wasserman, author of the bestselling The Templars and the Assassins, provides a fascinating history of the Order and the many mysteries and legends that surround it. Wasserman presents the evidence for the Templar connection to mystical Islamic organizations such as the Assassins as well as their ties to “heretical” groups such as the Cathars, who were targeted by a crusade in southern France to expunge the challenge they presented to the orthodoxy of their time. In addition to providing an overview of the Templars’ actions during the Crusades, Wasserman revisits the trial and the charges leveled against them, showing how the Order was ruthlessly crushed. He also explores the nature of the treasure they left behind, which has fueled popular imagination for centuries.
Author | : Ernle Bradford |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1497617308 |
The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire’s Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, had expanded his empire from western Asia to southeastern Europe and North Africa. To secure control of the Mediterranean between these territories and launch an offensive into western Europe, Suleiman needed the small but strategically crucial island of Malta. But Suleiman’s attempt to take the island from the Holy Roman Empire’s Knights of St. John would emerge as one of the most famous and brutal military defeats in history. Forty-two years earlier, Suleiman had been victorious against the Knights of St. John when he drove them out of their island fortress at Rhodes. Believing he would repeat this victory, the sultan sent an armada to Malta. When they captured Fort St. Elmo, the Ottoman forces ruthlessly took no prisoners. The Roman grand master La Vallette responded by having his Ottoman captives beheaded. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given. Ernle Bradford’s compelling and thoroughly researched account of the Great Siege of Malta recalls not just an epic battle, but a clash of civilizations unlike anything since the time of Alexander the Great. It is “a superior, readable treatment of an important but little-discussed epic from the Renaissance past . . . An astonishing tale” (Kirkus Reviews).