ISBN: 9781153911733

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ... BOOR XIV. ADVERTISEMENT, AMONG the several authors who have written the general history of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, whether in Italian, Latin, French or Spanish, not one of them has carried his account of it lower than the last siege of Malta, A. D. 1565: all these writers leave off, as it were by concert, at that famous epocha, fancying, probably, that they could not better end their works, than with the conclu-''. sion of that bloody war; perhaps too, as the forces of both parties, being equally exhausted, might have afterwards produced fewer of those great events that merit a place in history. Whatever might have been their different motives, I have followed the same method in the plan'' and distribution of my work. The thirteenth book ends at the raising of the siege of Malta, and the defeat of Mustapha, general to Solyman II. I have only added what passed in the last year of la Valette''s government till the death of that great man, the glory and ornament of his age, as well as of his order. If the history of a king generally ends with his life, it is not the same in that of a republic, which ought to be continued as long as the same form of government exists. So that the authors who, after me, shall transmit to posterity the series of events that have happened in this order, maj begin where I leave off. However, till such time&as some new writer shall think fit to continue it, or I myself may have health enough to collect memoirs, and carry on my history in our own times, I thought myself obliged, for the satisfaction of the public, to add, after the thirteen former books, a fourteenth iu the form of annals, and by way of supplement, containing a summary account of the principal events that have happened in the order, from the election of the... Vertot, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The History Of The Knights Hospitallers Of St. John Of Jerusalem, Styled Afterwards, The Knights Of Rhodes And At Present, The Kni Books>Religion and Spirituality, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153911733

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… More...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 3; Original Publisher: J. Christie; Publication The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 3; Original Publisher: J. Christie; Publication date: 1818; Subjects: History / Medieval; Religion / Institutions Books, Religion~~Institutions & Organizations, The-History-of-the-Knights-Hospitallers-of-St-John-of-Jerusalem-Styled-Afterwards-the-Knights-of-Rhodes-and-at-Present-the-Knights-of-Malta~~Abb-De-Vertot, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1153911736

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ISBN: 1153911736

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ISBN: 1153911736

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