Nobility, faith and masculinity : the Hospitaller knights of Malta, c.1580-c.1700 / Emanuel Buttigieg.

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...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Buttigieg, Emanuel
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY : Continuum, 2011.
Subjects:	Knights of Malta.