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Islands and Military Orders, c.1291-c.1798 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Islands and Military Orders, c.1291-c.1798 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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At the heart of this volume is a concern with exploring levels of
interaction between two particular objects of study, islands on the
one hand, and military orders on the other. According to Fernand
Braudel, islands are, 'often brutally', caught 'between the two
opposite poles of archaism and innovation.' What happened when
these particular environments interacted with the Military Orders?
The various contributions in this volume address this question from
a variety of angles. 1291 was a significant year for the main
military orders: uprooted from their foundations in the Holy Land,
they took refuge on Cyprus and in the following years found
themselves vulnerable to those who questioned the validity of their
continued existence. The Teutonic Order negated this by
successfully transferring their headquarters to Prussia; the
Knights Templar, however, faced suppression. Meanwhile, the Knights
Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes assured both their survival and
independence. Islands are often, by definition, seen to be
embodiments of 'insularity', of an effort to be separate, distinct,
cut-off. Military Orders are, conversely, international in scope,
nature and personnel, the 'first international orders of the
Church', as they have often been described. Therein lies the crux
of the matter: how did insular outposts and international
institutions come together to forge distinct and often successful
experiments? Hospitaller Rhodes and Malta still impress with their
magnificent architectural heritage, but their success went beyond
stone and mortar and the story of islands and military orders, as
will be clearly shown in this volume, also goes beyond these two
small islands. The interaction between the two levels - insulation
and internationalisation - and the interstices therein, created
spaces conducive to both dynamism and stability as military orders
and islands adapted to each other's demands, limitations and
opportunities.
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