Nobility, Faith and Masculinity : The Hospitaller Knights of Malta, C.1580-C.1700 EPUB
by Dr Emanuel Buttigieg
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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 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.
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- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:21/04/2011
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:21/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781441178671
