ABSTRACT

Forty papers link the study of the military orders’ cultural life and output with their involvement in political and social conflicts during the medieval and early modern period. Divided into two volumes, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe respectively, the collection brings together the most up-to-date research by experts from fifteen countries on a kaleidoscope of relevant themes and issues, thus offering a broad-ranging and at the same time very detailed study of the subject.

chapter 1|7 pages

The Hospital’s privilege of 1113: texts and contexts

ByANTHONY LUTTRELL (BATH)

chapter 11|9 pages

The manumission of Hospitaller slaves on fi fteenth-century

ByRhodes and Cyprus NICHOLAS COUREAS (CYPRUS RESEARCH CENTRE)

chapter 13|14 pages

Hospitaller statecraft in the Aegean: island polity and mainland power?

ByMICHAEL HESLOP (ROYAL HOLLOWAY)

chapter 19|10 pages

Piety and ritual in the Magistral Palace of the Order of St John in Malta

ByTHERESA VELLA (MALTA)