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Book The 1522 Siege of Rhodes

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  • Author : Simon David Phillips
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2022-06-07
  • ISBN : 1000593541
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book The 1522 Siege of Rhodes written by Simon David Phillips and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1522, the Ottomans attacked the island of Rhodes and, after a six-month siege, the Hospitallers surrendered on terms. The Knights Hospitaller had ruled Rhodes since 1309, and the Ottomans had attempted to capture the island 40 years before in 1480, but were defeated by the Knights. The Ottoman victory in 1522 resulted in the Knights being expelled from the island and eventually settling in Malta, Gozo, and Tripoli and the Ottomans obtaining domination over the Eastern Mediterranean and its trade. This collection of essays, published on the 500th anniversary of the siege, explores such question as why Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Rhodes, what made the 1522 siege successful, and how the Rhodian population, the Knights Hospitaller, the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, and Europe in general were affected by the loss of Rhodes. The answers to these questions are explored in new research by expert historians and archaeologists in their field. This book will appeal to all those interested in the Knights Hospitaller, Ottoman History, Crusader Studies, and Early Modern European History.

Book The Knights Hospitaller

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  • Author : Helen J. Nicholson
  • Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780851158457
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book The Knights Hospitaller written by Helen J. Nicholson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2001 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short study of the history of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, is intended as an introduction to the Order for academics working in other fields, as well as the interested general reader. Beginning with a consideration of the origins of the Order as a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem in the eleventh century, it traces the Hospitaller's development into a military order during the first part of the 12th century, and its military activities on the frontiers of Christendom in the eastern Mediterranean, Spain and eastern Europe during the middle ages and into early modern period: its role in crusades and in wars against non-Christians on land and at sea, as well as its role in building and maintaining fortresses.

Book The Great Siege of Malta

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  • Author : Bruce Ware Allen
  • Publisher : Brandeis University Press
  • Release : 2017-06-06
  • ISBN : 1512601160
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book The Great Siege of Malta written by Bruce Ware Allen and published by Brandeis University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive battle in the clash of empires that has defined Europe for 500 years

Book The Library of John Montgomerie  Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey

Download or read book The Library of John Montgomerie Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey written by Kevin J. Hayes and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The group included men who would influence the two colonies for the next several decades. Though Montgomerie spent only a short time in New York and had little impact on either New York or New Jersey history, his books exerted a lasting influence on the thought of colonial New York's political and intellectual elite."--BOOK JACKET.

Book The Jacquerie of 1358

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  • Author : Justine Firnhaber-Baker
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2021-04-28
  • ISBN : 0192604007
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book The Jacquerie of 1358 written by Justine Firnhaber-Baker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of noblemen before being put down in a bloody wave of suppression. The revolt occurred in the wake of the Black Death and during the Hundred Years War, and it was closely connected to a rebellion in Paris against the French crown. The Jacquerie of 1358 resolves long-standing controversies about whether the revolt was just an irrational explosion of peasant hatred or simply an extension of the Parisian revolt. It shows that these opposing conclusions are based on the illusory assumption that the revolt was a united movement with a single goal. In fact, the Jacquerie has to be understood as a constellation of many events that evolved over time. It involved thousands of people, who understood what they were doing in different and changing ways. The story of the Jacquerie is about how individuals and communities navigated their specific political, social, and military dilemmas, how they reacted to events as they unfolded, and how they chose to remember (or to forget) in its aftermath. The Jacquerie of 1358 rewrites the narrative of this tumultuous period and gives special attention to how violence and social relationships were harnessed to mobilize popular rebellion.

Book Christian Muslim Relations  A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe  1700 1800

Download or read book Christian Muslim Relations A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe 1700 1800 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History Volume 13 (CMR 13) covering Western Europe in the period 1700-1800 is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and also the main body of detailed entries which treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. These entries provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and appraisals of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 13, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Karoline Cook, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Emma Gaze Loghin, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Radu Păun, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Mehdi Sajid, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Ann Thomson, Carsten Walbiner.

Book The Works of William Congreve

Download or read book The Works of William Congreve written by Donald McKenzie and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late D. F. McKenzie worked on this comprehensive edition of the works of the playwright, poet, librettist, and novelist William Congreve for more than twenty years, until his sudden death in 1999. This was a task he had taken over from Herbert Davis, to whom this edition is dedicated. During that time McKenzie uncovered new verse and letters, collated Congreve's texts, recorded their complicated textual history, constructed appendices that shed light on the dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly, McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to transform our image of the man and his reputation. McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose works, letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end of each volume. This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as well as to the integrity of William Congreve.

Book Supplement to the Catalogue of the Free Public Library  Sydney  Reference Department

Download or read book Supplement to the Catalogue of the Free Public Library Sydney Reference Department written by Free Public Library (Sydney, N.S.W. Reference Department and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Free Public Library  Sydney  1876  Reference Department

Download or read book Catalogue of the Free Public Library Sydney 1876 Reference Department written by Free Public Library (Sydney, N.S.W.) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Crusader World

Download or read book The Crusader World written by Adrian Boas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crusader World is a multidisciplinary survey of the current state of research in the field of crusader studies, an area of study which has become increasingly popular in recent years. In this volume Adrian Boas draws together an impressive range of academics, including work from renowned scholars as well as a number of though-provoking pieces from emerging researchers, in order to provide broad coverage of the major aspects of the period. This authoritative work will play an important role in the future direction of crusading studies. This volume enriches present knowledge of the crusades, addressing such wide-ranging subjects as: intelligence and espionage, gender issues, religious celebrations in crusader Jerusalem, political struggles in crusader Antioch, the archaeological study of battle sites and fortifications, diseases suffered by the crusaders, crusading in northern Europe and Spain and the impact of Crusader art. The relationship between Crusaders and Muslims, two distinct and in many way opposing cultures, is also examined in depth, including a discussion of how the Franks perceived their enemies. Arranged into eight thematic sections, The Crusader World considers many central issues as well as a large number of less familiar topics of the crusades, crusader society, history and culture. With over 100 photographs, line drawings and maps, this impressive collection of essays is a key resource for students and scholars alike.

Book Sources concerning the hospitallers of St John in the Netherlands

Download or read book Sources concerning the hospitallers of St John in the Netherlands written by J. M. Van Winter and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This source collection contains hitherto unpublished archival records concerning the Dutch commanderies of the Order of St. John or of Malta and their place within the Order's international organization, from medieval to early modern times.

Book The Church and the People

Download or read book The Church and the People written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book B H  Blackwell

Download or read book B H Blackwell written by B.H. Blackwell Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hamilton palace libraries  Catalogue of the first   fourth and concluding  portion of the Beckford library  removed from Hamilton palace  Which will be sold by auction by messrs  Sotheby  Wilkinson   Hodge    c     With  Prices and purchasers  names

Download or read book The Hamilton palace libraries Catalogue of the first fourth and concluding portion of the Beckford library removed from Hamilton palace Which will be sold by auction by messrs Sotheby Wilkinson Hodge c With Prices and purchasers names written by Hamilton palace and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Beckford Library  Removed from Hamilton Palace

Download or read book Catalogue of the Beckford Library Removed from Hamilton Palace written by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hamilton Palace Libraries  Catalogue of the Third Portion  The Beckford Library  Removed from Hamilton Palace

Download or read book The Hamilton Palace Libraries Catalogue of the Third Portion The Beckford Library Removed from Hamilton Palace written by William Beckford and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.