The Hospitaller Knights of Saint John at Rhodes 1306-1522

Abercrombie, Gordon Ellyson2023

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The first of a series of volumes on the Hospitaller Knights of Saint John, this volume covers the period 1306-1522. The Hospitaller Knights had developed during the Crusades from a monastic order providing hostels for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The need to provide armed escorts to these pilgrims brought about their evolution into a Military Order. An elite component of Crusader armies, Hospitallers were involved in most large-scale Christian-Saracen engagements following the First Crusade. Taking to the sea, the Hospitallers became a major naval power in the Mediterranean. The author draws on the work of the Order's official historians, Giacomo Bosio and his successor Bartolomeo dal Pozzo.