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Overview"This is a new study of the ""Hospitaller Knights of Malta"" in the early modern era focusing on nobility, faith and masculinity. 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 was a semi-structured one, involving clear-cut (if flexible) social and financial requirements on the part of the candidate, and a mixture of formal and informal socialization into the ways of the Order. Once enrolled, a Hospitaller became part of a very hierarchical and ethnically mixed organisation, within which he could seek offices and status. This process was delineated by a complex interaction of internal factors - hierarchy, patriarchy and age - set within external mechanisms such as papal patronage and interference. This book is innovative in its methodology, drawing on a wide range of sources and applying historiographical approaches not previously brought to bear on the Order." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emanuel ButtigiegPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9781441103437ISBN 10: 1441103430 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 23 June 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Contours of a Study Becoming a Hospitaller; 2. /Hospitaller Ranks: Hierarchy, Patriarchy and Age; 3. Religious Identity, Beliefs and Practices; 4. The Body, Chastity and Sexuality; 5. Violence and Punishments; Conclusion: Towards a Cultural History of the Order of Malta; Appendix: Popes, Grand Masters, Bishops and Inquisitors c.1580-c.1700; Bibliography; Index.Reviews...Buttigieg describes very well an institution thatreflected, as one would expect, seventeenth-century Western society... thinking about this topic has led him to some extraordinarily interesting sources. He gives us insights into the world of the knights and their attitudes to dress, modes of behaviour and sex. His book is both thought-provoking and a good read... ...Buttigieg describes very well an institution that reflected, as one would expect, seventeenth-century Western society... thinking about this topic has led him to some extraordinarily interesting sources. He gives us insights into the world of the knights and their attitudes to dress, modes of behaviour and sex. His book is both thought-provoking and a good read...--Sanford Lakoff Author InformationEmmanuel Buttigieg is a Lecturer in history at the University of Malta Junior College. He read for a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Dr Mary Laven (Jesus College). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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