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Autore |
Buttigieg Emanuel |
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Titolo |
Nobility, faith and masculinity : the Hospitaller Knights of Malta, c. 1580-c. 1700 / / Emanuel Buttigieg |
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London : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-9976-4 |
1-4411-7867-8 |
1-283-11664-2 |
9786613116642 |
1-4411-0243-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Masculinity |
Nobility |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-308) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- 1. Becoming a Hospitaller -- 2. Hospitaller Ranks: Hierarchy, Patriarchy and Age -- 3. Religious Identity, Beliefs and Practices -- 4. The Body, Chastity and Sexuality -- 5. Violence and Punishments -- Conclusion: Towards a Cultural History of the Order of Malta -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Popes, Grand Masters, Bishops and Inquisitors c.1580-c.1700 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an important study of elite European noblemen who joined the Order of Malta. The Order - functioning in parallel with the convents that absorbed the surplus daughters of the nobility - provided a highly respectable outlet for sons not earmarked for marriage. The process of becoming a Hospitaller was a semi-structured one, involving clear-cut (if flexible) social and financial requirements on the part of the candidate, and a mixture of formal and informal socialization into the ways of the Order. Once enrolled, a Hospitaller became part of a very hierarchical and ethnically mixed organisation, within which he could seek offices and status. This process was delineated by a complex interaction of internal factors - hierarchy, patriarchy and age - set |
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