Nobility, faith and masculinity : the Hospitaller Knights of Malta, c. 1580-c. 1700 / / Emanuel Buttigieg
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 271.7912 |
| Soggetto topico: | Masculinity |
| Nobility | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-308) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 within external mechanisms such as papal patronage and interference. This book is innovative in its methodology, drawing on a wide range of sources and applying historiographical approaches not previously brought to bear on the Order |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nobility, faith and masculinity |
| ISBN: | 1-4725-9976-4 |
| 1-4411-7867-8 | |
| 1-283-11664-2 | |
| 9786613116642 | |
| 1-4411-0243-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459573803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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