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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818035603321

Autore

O'Malley Gregory

Titolo

The Knights Hospitaller of the English langue, 1460-1565 / / Gregory O'Malley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

ISBN

9780191514463

0191514462

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 427 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

271/.791

Soggetti

Military religious orders - British Isles - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-389) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Hospital in England and Wales, c.1460-1540: The Prior, his Brethren, and Conventual Life The Administration and Finances of the Priory of England The Hospital and Society in England and Wales The Hospital and the English Crown, 1460-1509 The Hospital and the English Crown, 1509-1540 The Hospitallers in Ireland and Scotland, 1460-1564 The English Langue in Rhodes, Italy, and Malta, c.1460-1540 Brethren and Conformists, 1540-1565

Sommario/riassunto

The Knights of St John the Baptist, also known as the Hospitallers, were a military religious order, subject to monastic vows and discipline but devoted to the active defence of the Holy Land. O'Malley examines the English branch in the 15th and 16th century.