Hospitallers: The History of the Order of St. John (Crusader Worlds) - Hardcover

Riley-Smith, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852851961 ISBN 13: 9781852851965

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

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The Hospitallers were a religious order, founded in Jerusalem in 1099, devoted to nursing and to fighting the Infidel. With their fellow knights, the Templars, they played a heroic part in the defence of the Holy Land, manning great castles while at the same time providing exemplary nursing care for the poor. After the fall of the Holy Land, the knights retreated first to Cyprus and then to Rhodes, which was massively fortified to defy the Turks. Finally expelled from Rhodes in 1523, they were given Malta by Charles V, where they survived the Great Siege of 1565, an epic of heroism that enthralled Europe. Driven from Malta by Napoleon in 1804, they have survived into modern times as a unique charitable order, still running a hospital in Jerusalem and providing first-aid for millions. Hospitallers is an illustrated history of this remarkable order.

‘Like true Israelites and warriors most versed in holy battle, on fire with the flame of true love, you carry out in your deeds the words of the Gospel.’

About the Author:

Jonathan Riley-Smith is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Cambridge. He is the editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1852851961
• ISBN 13: 9781852851965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 152