A History of the Knights of Malta: Or, The Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Whitworth Porter

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107338050

At the close of the Napoleonic Wars, Malta officially became part of the British Empire in 1814. As the British presence there increased, so too did public interest in the island's history, particularly the military religious order of the Knights Hospitaller. In 1858, the army officer Whitworth Porter (1827–92) published this two-volume work, tracing the fortunes of the order since its establishment following the First Crusade. Incorporating details of the knights' social habits and customs into his narrative, Porter also provides supplementary material such as royal and papal documents in translation. Volume 1 focuses on the centuries of warfare between the order and the forces of Islam, from its beginnings in the Holy Land through to the second siege of Rhodes in 1522, when the knights were outnumbered and ultimately defeated by the attacking Ottoman armies.

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No. 12 - Letter of Pope Gregory IX., dated in 1238, complaining of the evil Practices of the Members of the Order of St. John
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No. 13 - Letter of Peter D'Aubusson to the Emperor of Germany, containing a Narrative of the First Siege of Rhodes. (Translated from the original Latin.)
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No. 14 - The Document given by the Sultan Zizim to Peter D'Aubusson when about to leave Rhodes
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No. 15 - Letter of Sir Nicholas Roberts to the Earl of Surrey, descriptive of the Second Siege of Rhodes. (Ex Cotton MSS. Copied from Taafe's “Knights of St. John.” This letter is much injured, and rendered illegible in many parts.)
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No. 12 - Letter of Pope Gregory IX., dated in 1238, complaining of the evil Practices of the Members of the Order of St. John
pp 505-506

No. 13 - Letter of Peter D'Aubusson to the Emperor of Germany, containing a Narrative of the First Siege of Rhodes. (Translated from the original Latin.)
pp 506-513

No. 14 - The Document given by the Sultan Zizim to Peter D'Aubusson when about to leave Rhodes
pp 514-515

No. 15 - Letter of Sir Nicholas Roberts to the Earl of Surrey, descriptive of the Second Siege of Rhodes. (Ex Cotton MSS. Copied from Taafe's “Knights of St. John.” This letter is much injured, and rendered illegible in many parts.)
pp 515-518

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No. 12 - Letter of Pope Gregory IX., dated in 1238, complaining of the evil Practices of the Members of the Order of St. John pp 505-506

No. 13 - Letter of Peter D'Aubusson to the Emperor of Germany, containing a Narrative of the First Siege of Rhodes. (Translated from the original Latin.) pp 506-513

No. 14 - The Document given by the Sultan Zizim to Peter D'Aubusson when about to leave Rhodes pp 514-515

No. 15 - Letter of Sir Nicholas Roberts to the Earl of Surrey, descriptive of the Second Siege of Rhodes. (Ex Cotton MSS. Copied from Taafe's “Knights of St. John.” This letter is much injured, and rendered illegible in many parts.) pp 515-518

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No. 12 - Letter of Pope Gregory IX., dated in 1238, complaining of the evil Practices of the Members of the Order of St. John
pp 505-506

No. 13 - Letter of Peter D'Aubusson to the Emperor of Germany, containing a Narrative of the First Siege of Rhodes. (Translated from the original Latin.)
pp 506-513

No. 14 - The Document given by the Sultan Zizim to Peter D'Aubusson when about to leave Rhodes
pp 514-515

No. 15 - Letter of Sir Nicholas Roberts to the Earl of Surrey, descriptive of the Second Siege of Rhodes. (Ex Cotton MSS. Copied from Taafe's “Knights of St. John.” This letter is much injured, and rendered illegible in many parts.)
pp 515-518