The Observing Eye: The French artist Jean Houel in Malta, Thomas Freller

Автор: Thomas Freller
Название: Malta: The Order of St John
ISBN: 9993272973 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789993272977
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Описание: The urban, cultural and political profile of the Maltese islands is deeply marked by the presence for 268 years of the Knights of St John. The Order has left its mark decisively in the collective memory of the Maltese.

Автор: Freller, Thomas Zammit, William
Название: Knights, buccuneers, and sugar cane
ISBN: 9993275522 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789993275527
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Описание: In the middle of the seventeenth century, apart from such leading powers and commercial giants as Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands, all of a sudden even the minuscule Order of St John joined in the global race for colonies. In 1651 the Order acquired the islands of St Kitts (St Christopher), St Martin, St Bartholomew, and St Croix, and in the next years, in spite of many obstacles, tried to make them profitable. The history of these events not only sheds light on the international, indeed worldwide, networking of the Order but also on the personal ambitions and greed of a new ‘globalized' age. This book presents the long overdue full story of this, until now only scarcely researched, colourful episode in the long and chequered history of the Knights of St John.