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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Knights of Malta
		Malta, which was a dependency of his kingdom of Sicily, and this sovereignty was granted them in 1530, under the suzerainty of the kings of Spain.
		Malta, the very centre of the order, was treacherously surrendered under the grand master, the Count von Hompesch, to General Bonaparte when he made his expedition to Egypt (12 June, 1798).
		The tombs of the knights in the convent
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07477a.htm (2955 words)

	Knights Hospitaller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After seven years of moving from place to place in Europe, the Knights were re-established on Malta in 1530, when the Holy Roman Emperor, King Charles V of Spain, gave them Malta, Gozo and the North African port of Tripoli as fief, under the overlordship of the Spanish Viceroy of Sicily.
		In gratitude, the Knights declared Ferdinand von Hompesch deposed and Emperor Paul I was elected as the new Grand Master.
		Blason of the Knights, from the façade of the church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri, Florence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knights_of_Malta (4064 words)

	Knights Hospitaller on Malta
		Numerous knights had been killed or maimed during the siege, the number of new recruits had fallen dramatically while the Order was without a home and many members abjured their Catholic Faith to follow the doctrines of Martin Luther and others, causing the break up of the Order in northern Europe.
		The knights were faced with an impossible situation; they had bravely and successfully defended their islands and their religion against the forces of Islam in the past but now had the unpleasant duty of defending their temporal sovereignty by fighting their co-religionists and, in many cases, fellow Frenchmen.
		The French knights were guaranteed effective immunity from the laws on emigration by a declaration that they could either return to France or could remain in Malta, which was declared French territory, and were granted state pensions of seven hundred francs each for their lifetimes (one thousand for those over sixty).
	www.chivalricorders.org /orders/smom/maltaisl.htm (4151 words)

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		This character was accentuated by the fusion of the Hospitallers with the remaining Knights Templars subsequent to the suppression of the latter (1312).
		They dispersed to their commanderies and begged Charles V to grant them the island of Malta, which was a dependency of his kingdom of Sicily, and this sovereignty was granted them in 1530, under the suzerainty of the kings of Spain.
		Malta, however, was not rid of its most dangerous adversary until the battle of Lepanto (1571) which dealt the Ottoman fleet a fatal and final blow.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HOMELIBR/07477A.TXT (3239 words)

	Knights of Malta - Encyclopedia.com
		Malta's Masterpieces - Constructed by the knights who originally aided sick pilgrims to the holy land, the city of Valletta on the Mediterranean Island of Malta survives as a testament to its builders.
		Knight fever; For centuries Gozo and Malta were run by the Knights of St John...
		Knights of Malta rift widens: opposition to Flynn growing.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-KnightsM.html (1098 words)

	Malta History 1000 AD - present
		The proper name of the Knights of St John is the Sovereign and Military Order of the Knights Hospitaler of St John of Jerusalem - the Knights of St John, the Knights of Rhodes, the Knights of Malta, and the Knights Hospitalers.
		The Knights, their luck holding out, were warned by a Turkish deserter about a plan for Senglea to be attacked from the south, and this gave the Order time to build a line of defensive stakes which successfully repulsed the attack.
		Malta had to be defended but the early months saw much damage as the islands' air defenses, initially composed of three Gloster Gladiator biplanes which the locals immediately christened Faith, Hope and Charity, were brought up to scratch with the inclusion of Hurricane and Spitfire fighters.
	www.carnaval.com /malta/history/knights (2869 words)

	A history of Malta - The Knights
		The old city of Mdina was the capital of Malta until the arrival of the Knights.
		Malta was within an ace of being occupied by the Turks, but on the 8th of September they withdrew.
		Also because a large contingent of the Knights was of French origin and did not intend to fight against their compatriots, Napoleon's troops could capture Malta without a single blow.
	home.wanadoo.nl /bezver/knights.html (1172 words)

	FOCUS on MALTA - History
		They needed a new homeland and, in 1530, moved to Malta to where they were given tenure by Emperor Charles V. he Knights quickly improved trade and commerce on the islands, built new hospitals and, most importantly, erected new strong fortifications.
		The Knights of St. John, coming as they did from the richest families in Europe, couId afford to hire the best taIent available and the buildings of Valletta, its fortifications and the art treasures in its museums and churches, are the work of the best European engineers and artists of the time.
		Malta became independent in 1964 and adopted a Republican Constitution in 1974.
	www.focusmm.com /malta/ma_hist3.htm (780 words)

	knights of malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Knights of Malta are a Roman Catholic Secret Society, with the Pope at its head.
		Knights of Malta today have three different divisions: (The Knights of Malta, HJA Sire p273).
		Knights of Malta swear to work towards the establishment of the New World Order, with the Pope at the head.
	www.prayerwarriors.org.uk /page72.html (597 words)

	KNIGHTS OF MALTA
		The Knights of Malta support 80,000 volunteers, including 10,000 doctors and other medical personnel, active in service to the sick in impoverished countries and the victims of warfare and natural disasters.
		But it was not the Catholic Knights of Malta who founded the wonderful St John Ambulance or organised the jamboree in St Paul's; it was the Knights of St John, known as the Venerable Order, most of whom are Anglicans.
		As their immensely convoluted history ebbed and flowed, the knights, variously known as the Order of the Hospital and the Order of St. John, found themselves, in the 16th century, in possession of Malta and eventually were called the Knights of Malta.
	www.exorthodoxforchrist.com /knights_of_malta.htm (2882 words)

	KNIGHTS OF MALTA
		The knights of Malta took part in battles in Egypt and Syria, and supported the Armenians' in their valiant defence against the Muslims.
		Knights of Malta fought at the Siege of Candia (in Crete) in 1668, and at the Conquest of Belgrade in 1689.
		In the New World the majority are knights and dames "of magistral grace," although not in Britain and European countries with a nobiliary tradition where a large number belong to ranks traditionally reserved to members of the aristocracy.
	www.knightsofmalta.com /history/history.html (3150 words)

	History - Order of Malta in the UK
		The knights of Malta took part in battles in Egypt and Syria, and supported the Armenians' in their valiant defence against the Muslims.
		Knights of Malta fought at the Siege of Candia (in Crete) in 1668, and at the Conquest of Belgrade in 1689.
		In the New World the majority are knights and dames "of magistral grace," although not in Britain and European countries with a nobiliary tradition where a large number belong to ranks traditionally reserved to members of the aristocracy.
	www.orderofmalta.org.uk /history.htm (3149 words)

	The Knights of Malta Malta - IndigoGuide Malta
		Originally known as the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, their name changed to the Knights of Rhodes in 1309 and to the Knights of Malta in 1530, and as this suggests, they were formed long before their reign on Malta.
		Their duties rapidly expanded and soon the Knights were true 'Soldiers of Christ', whose job it was to fight the infidels as much as help the sick and protect the routes taken by pilgrims.
		Geographically, Malta was on the cusp of both the Christian and Islamic worlds and the Knights were a barrier to the Islamic forces wishing to encroach upon the heart of Christianity.
	www.indigoguide.com /malta/knights-of-malta.htm (499 words)

	Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
		The island nation of Malta, located at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, was ruled by the Knights of Malta between 1530 and 1798.
		Louis de Boisgelin, Ancient and Modern Malta: Containing a Full and Accurate Account of the Present State of the Islands of Malta and Goza, the History of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, also a Narrative of the Events which Attended the Capture of these Islands by the French, and their conquest by English.
		All images remain the property of the Malta Study Center, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, and may not be reproduced without permission.
	www.hmml.org /centers/malta/events/Exhibit2000/exhibit2000.html (759 words)

	Rhodes Knights Greece History.
		The Knights Templar obtained papal sanction for their order, and in 1128 at the ecclesiastical Council of Troyes they were given an austere rule closely patterned on that of the monastic order of Cistercians.
		The knights were the dominant members, and they alone were allowed to wear the distinctive dress of the order, a white mantle with a large red Latin cross on the back.
		The headquarters of the Knights Templar remained at Jerusalem until the fall of the city to the Muslims in 1187; it was later located successively at Antioch, Acre, Caesarea, and in Cyprus.
	www.olivegardenhouses.com /rhodes-knights.html (1010 words)

	Knights of Malta
		Sovereign Knight of Malta passports were issued with false identities that allowed escape from prosecution for war crimes.
		The Protestant equivalent of the Catholic Knights of Malta, also known as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, gained greater credibility when the head of the British Empire HM Queen Victoria became their Sovereign Head in 1888.
		The unusually shaped Cross of Malta was the original emblem of the controversial Knights Templar, who were based in Malta, and was adopted as the official insignia of the Knights of Malta, when the Knights Templar were forced to submit to the authority of the Vatican.
	www.geocities.com /newworldorder_themovie/knightsofmalta.html (1677 words)

	malta coins, malta, coin, knights of malta,
		Throughout Malta's chequered history, the coinage used was mostly that of the ruling power of the central Mediterranean Sea at the time.
		Malta followed the fortress of Sicily and was ruled successively by Swabians (1194-1266), Augevines (1266-1282), Aragonese (1283-1479) and Castilinans (1479-1530).
		The Knight Of St John throughout the rule in Malta from 1530 to 1798, minted and circulated a number of their own coins.
	www.emmsaid.com /coins.htm (546 words)

	The Order Of Malta / Knights Of Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Knights were drawn exclusively from noble families and the Order acquired vast wealth from those it recruited and later from the ill-gotten gains of their privateering.
		The survivors, 100 knights and 500 soldiers, were all executed, their bodies floated in the harbor on wooden crosses to intimidate the remaining knights holding out.
		The knights eventually lost sight of their vows of poverty although generally speaking, they fought hard to live by their code - the eight aspirations symbolized by the eight-pointed cross.
	privateer.omena.org /knightsofmalta.htm (1761 words)

	KNIGHTS OF MALTA
		The survivors of the hundred knights and five hundred soldiers who had defended the fort were massacred and their corpses were floated in the Grand Harbour tied upon wooden crosses.
		Knights were grouped into eight 'langues' or 'Tongues', according to their nationality.
		The Knights were also expected to observe the eight obligations represented by the symbol of the eight-pointed cross.
	www.maltagozo.com /knights.html (1397 words)

	V.1, I.2, (1997) SN 31: Malta of Gold, Knights on Malta
		When the Knights of Malta first arrived on the island in 1530 there was uneasiness at their presence, and of the breaking by the Emperor Charles of an earlier promise that the islands would never again be alienated from the Aragonese crown.
		La Valette's age meant that he was one of the few Knights to have had personal experience of the loss of Rhodes and the peregrinations thereafter; he had also served as a galley slave, and so was accustomed to appalling hard ship.
		At the outset of the Siege, he experienced some difficulty in holding in check the younger Knights, who, with little direct experience of combat, were spoiling for a fight rather than being prepared to husband their resources and endure the prolonged attrition of siege warfare.
	marauder.millersville.edu /~resound/*vol1iss2/malta/malta4.html (1633 words)

	HISTORY/KNIGHTS [aboutmalta.com]
		Their legacy, in the form of the magnificent fortifications and other splendid buildings that have withstood the test of time, is still strong and contributing to the well-being of the Maltese Islands by attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.
		Knights of Malta Toy Soldiers - Pewter figurines of the Knights of Malta and Maltese Regiments.
		The Great Siege of Malta 1565 - A docu-drama in released for worldwide television to coincide with the 900th anniversary of the foundation of the Hospitalier Order of the Knights of St. John; available on home video.
	www.aboutmalta.com /HISTORY/KNIGHTS (412 words)

	knights of malta
		The Knights of Malta now have their own four-language Web site and have successfully won court battles to protect their identity in Austria, Switzerland and France, Bertie said.
		The fact that five of the six U.S. ambassadors to the Vatican have been members of the Knights of Malta is "sheer coincidence," he said.
		The Knights' headquarters in Rome is typical in this regard: Tucked into the basement of the building is a state-of-the-art clinic open to anyone.
	www.catholicherald.com /cns/malta-knights.htm (983 words)

	Knights of Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Knights of Malta's key spheres of control are Africa and Latin America, and include many dictators such as mass murderer General Pinochet in their ranks.
		The "Sovereign Military Order of Malta" is directly allied with international Freemasonry, from where they recruit their new elite brethren.
		The insignia of the Knights of Malta is the unusual 'Cross of Malta' that was the original emblem of the controversial Knights Templar, before they were forced to adopt the Latin cross (the red cross) following the Inquisition.
	proutnewsnetwork.org /NWO/files/knightsofmalta.html (1091 words)

	openPR.com - Press release - Malta - Knights of Malta Restored
		The Knights were drawn exclusively from noble families and the Order acquired vast wealth from those it recruited, as well as from the ill-gotten gains of their subsequent privateering.
		Having chosen Malta, the Knights stayed for 268 years, transforming what they called ‘merely a rock of soft sandstone’ into a flourishing island with mighty defences and a capital city coveted by the great powers of Europe.
		Knights were chosen from the aristocratic families of France, Italy, Spain, England and Portugal.
	openpr.com /news/23636/Knights-of-Malta-Restored.html (640 words)

	KNIGHTS OF MALTA,
		KNIGHTS OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, (q.v.), as a result of their long residence (1530–1798) on the island of Malta.
		Video 1:03 min - On this day in 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God.
		On this day in 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=213963 (347 words)

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