In 1530 the crusading brotherhood of the Hospitaller Knights of St. John of Jerusalem accepted the offer of the Emperor Charles V to occupy the Maltese Islands and hold them against the Ottomans who were seeking to control the Central Mediterranean
The Treasure of the Knight Hospitallers in 1530: Reflections and Art Historical Considerations
May 18, 2012 By
From Jerusalem to Malta: the Hospital’s Character and Evolution
February 10, 2012 By
In 1113 Girardus secured an important papal privilege which recognized the Hospital’s independence; its members were considered to be in some sense technically religious and they were given the power to elect their own ruler.
Saints or Sinners? The Knights Templar in Medieval Europe
November 24, 2011 By
What did medieval contemporaries think of military orders such as the Knights Hospitaller and Teutonic Knights? Helen Nicholson investigates.
The “Greek” project of the Order of St. John
September 6, 2011 By
The “Greek” project of the Order of St. John By Vladislav Ivanov Paper given at the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies (2011) Introduction: In the summer of 1356 AD two ambassadors of the Byzantine emperor John V Palaeologos – the Latin archbishop of Smyrna Paulus and the great hetheriarchos Nicolay Sigeros delivered in Avignon […]
‘Clash of Civilizations’, Crusades, Knights and Ottomans: an Analysis of Christian-Muslim Interaction in the Mediterranean
July 26, 2011 By
‘Clash of Civilizations’, Crusades, Knights and Ottomans: an Analysis of Christian-Muslim Interaction in the Mediterranean Buttigieg,Emanuel (University of Malta) Religion and power in Europe : Conflict and Convergence, Pisa University Press, (2007) Abstract In a world that has become so powerfully gripped by a possible escalation of a ‘clash of civilizations’ that could spiral out […]
Monastery and Monarchy: The Foundation and Patronage of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas and Santa María la Real de Sigena
May 25, 2011 By
Monastery and Monarchy: The Foundation and Patronage of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas and Santa María la Real de Sigena By Eileen Patricia McKiernan González PhD Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2005 Abstract: Power, piety, and remembrance came together in the artistic patronage of two Iberian queens at the end of the […]
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon
March 21, 2011 By
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon Gerrard, Christopher Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (2000) Abstract This paper addresses the issue of identity among Christian and Muslim groups in medieval Spain after the Reconquest in the 12th century. A wide variety of archaeological evidence, including artefacts, graffiti, settlement morphology and standing buildings, demonstrates that ethnic and […]
Military orders in Osona during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
February 22, 2011 By
Military orders in Osona during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries By Paul H. Freedman Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia, No.3 (1982) Introduction: It is difficult to determine precisely when the military orders of crusading knights first became active in Catalonia. Unlike Castile, León or Portugal, where national orders became extremely powerful, Catalonia was dominated by […]
Hospitaller activities in medieval Malta
November 24, 2010 By
Hospitaller activities in medieval Malta By Charles Savona-Ventura Malta Medical Journal Volume 19:3 (2007) Introduction: The Medieval Period in the Mediterranean World is generaly considered to cover a period of about a thousand years, and is considered to initiate with the end of the Roman era heralded by the division of the Roman Empure into […]
British historiography on the Crusades and Military Orders: from Barker and Smail to contemporary historians
April 26, 2010 By
Medieval historians in Britain are, on the whole, not as insular in their outlook as they once were, but even now the task of persuading them of the significance of crusading in the political life and social fabric of the time does sometimes seem an uphill struggle.
A Pilgrimage of Faith, War, and Charity. The Order of the Hospital from Jerusalem to Malta
January 3, 2009 By
A Pilgrimage of Faith, War, and Charity: The Order of the Hospital from Jerusalem to Malta By Victor Mallia-Milanes Religion, Ritual and Mythology Aspects of Identity Formation in Europe, edited by Joaquim Carvalho (Pisa University Press, 2006) Introduction: The Hospitaller Order of St John, whose origins are traced back to the years before the First Crusade, began as […]
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