The Knights of Malta

The Knights of Malta
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.