ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of how modern Greeks have perceived the memory of the Hospitallers and in what ways this has manifested, focusing on several aspects that indicate the way in which this memory of the order has been preserved. The systematic study of the Hospitaller’s past in Greece commenced shortly before the mid-twentieth century. Seven centuries have passed since the Order of the Hospitallers introduced a new chapter of late medieval history following its establishment in Greek lands and more specifically on the island of Rhodes and its Dodecanesian territory between 1306 and 1309/1310. The Knights Hospitaller of Saint John remained in the Aegean Sea until 1522/1523, that is, for over two centuries, with a continuous presence that left a deep historical footprint in all the territories under their rule. There has been an extensive bibliography concerning the Hospitallers in Greece, enlightening many aspects of their history and presence in Helladic lands.
