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CHAPTER IV, THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. " Ix,, I must
tell a tale of chivalry " In speaking of the island of Malta, I
should be guilty of an important omission if I neglected to mention
the knightly order of St. John of Jerusalem, which occupied this
spot for nearly 300 years, and with whose history the name of Malta
must be ever associated. On the 23rd of March, 1530, Charles the
Fifth, king of Sicily, gave over to the order of St. John of
Jerusalem the islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, with Tripoli, in
Africa, as a free and noble fief under certain conditions. The
remains of the order, who had fled from the island of Rhodes, and
were then in the Papal States, took possession of this grant in the
autumn of the same year. The island, after having successively been
under the dominion of the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians,
fell from the hands of the Romans during the middle ages under the
precarious sway of the Arabs, and Sicilians, but now began to rise
into importance under the military government of the knights. On
their arrival they found the island in a state of great
destitution, and exposed to continued attacks from the Turks and
Barbary corsairs. The first act of the Grand Master was to
refortify the old castle of St. Angelo, which was built by the
Arabs; and thus to secure a defence against the attacks of his
enemies. In 1546, the famous corsair Dragut effected a landing, and
sacked the village of Tarshien, but was compelled to retreat with
great loss. After this, repeated attempts were made by the Turks to
gain possession of the island, and they were as often repulsed,
till under the reign of John de la Valette, Malta underwent its
severest assault from the hands of the same people. Solyman,
enraged at the seizure of a Turkish galleon belonging...
General
| Imprint: |
Kessinger Publishing Co
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2010 |
| First published: |
February 2010 |
| Authors: |
George French Angas
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
200 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-160-27925-3 |
| Categories: |
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| LSN: |
1-160-27925-X |
| Barcode: |
9781160279253 |
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