A Historic Review of the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and Malta
by LANNIN, Sir W. Henry
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Boston: Malta Publishing Company, 1922. Cloth. Good. 260 p. 20 cm. 15 b&w plates. Black and red cloth hardcover. Print worn off spine, bottom front corner bumped. Ink signature on front pastedown. A few rough page edges, possibly torn when cut.
"With a clear and authoritative account of the order's founding, its marvelous achievements throughout centuries, its kinship and co-operation with the Knights of the Temple, together with an illuminating survey of the movements of nations and their religious impulses and prejudices." Topics include: the rise and sway of monastic orders; how the Hospitallers of St. John the Almoner became the Knights Hospitallers of St. John the Baptist; the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; the crusade of Europe's kings; the Knights of the Order of St. John as the Knights of Malta; the Sixth Langue of England, Scotland and Ireland; the establishment of the order in America.
"With a clear and authoritative account of the order's founding, its marvelous achievements throughout centuries, its kinship and co-operation with the Knights of the Temple, together with an illuminating survey of the movements of nations and their religious impulses and prejudices." Topics include: the rise and sway of monastic orders; how the Hospitallers of St. John the Almoner became the Knights Hospitallers of St. John the Baptist; the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; the crusade of Europe's kings; the Knights of the Order of St. John as the Knights of Malta; the Sixth Langue of England, Scotland and Ireland; the establishment of the order in America.
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- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114065
- Title
- A Historic Review of the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and Malta
- Author
- LANNIN, Sir W. Henry
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Malta Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Religion, Military, Crusades, Knights of the Temple, Hospitallers of St. John the Almoner, Knights Hospitallers of St. John the Baptist, Knights of Malta, Sixth Langue
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- Military;
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