Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 317 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781441103437
Content:
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 organisati
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441102430
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441103437
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nobility, Faith and Masculinity : The Hospitaller Knights of Malta, c.1580-c.1700
Language:
English
URL:
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