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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Main Author: Buttigieg, Emanuel
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Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Continuum, 2011.
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505 0 |a Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; A Note on Currency; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Becoming a Hospitaller; Chapter 2 Hospitaller Ranks: Hierarchy, Patriarchy and Age; Chapter 3 Religious Identity, Beliefs and Practices; Chapter 4 The Body, Chastity and Sexuality; Chapter 5 Violence and Punishments; Conclusion Towards a Cultural History of the Order of Malta; Epilogue; Glossary; Appendix Popes, Grand Masters, Bishops and Inquisitors, c. 1580-c. 1700; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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