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The Knights of Malta

by H. J. A. Sire

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Published by Yale University Press in New Haven .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Knights of Malta -- History,
  • Grand Sovereign Dynastic Hospitaller Order of Saint John -- History

  • Edition Notes

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Statementby H.J.A. Sire.
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsCR4723 .S5 1994
    The Physical Object
    Paginationxiii, 305 p. :
    Number of Pages305
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL1741203M
    ISBN 100300055021
    LC Control Number92047283

    The Knights of Malta were Hospitaller Knights in a Hospitaller Order that still works for the sick and needy, while the Knights Templar have ceased to exist. Another difference is that the Hospitaller Knights followed the Augustinian order and discipline, while the Knights Templar followed the Benedictine. With a civilization that dates back thousands of years, Malta boasts some of the oldest megalithic sites in the world. Situated in the center of the Mediterranean, Malta’s islands have long served as a strategic military asset, with the islands at various times having come under control of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Moors, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, Knights.

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