Siege of Rhodes (1522)

Siege of Rhodes (1522) - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Siege of Rhodes (1522)

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Fri 1 Jan 10)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	The Knights Hospitallers
		The siege of 1522, however, resulted in the Hospitallers withdrawal from Rhodes.
		From 1309-1522 they were called the Knights of Rhodes, and after 1530 were (and still are) called the Knights of Malta.
		After that, although they still took place in crusading activities, these were in the interest of their patrons.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/9767/hospitallers.html (1113 words)

	WHKMLA : Siege of Rhodes, 1480
		Rhodes, commanded by Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson, was besieged by an Ottoman force from May to July 28th 1480; the Ottoman fleet, having failed to accomplish her goal, then moved on to Otranto (Kingdom of Naples).
		The Knights of St. John held on to Rhodes and the neighbouring Dodecanese islands until it fell to the Ottomans in 1522.
		In the 1470es, the state of the Knights Hospitallers (Knights of St. John) became exposed to Ottoman raids; in 1470 the population of the island of Telos, in 1475 the population of the island of Halki were evacuated to Rhodes.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/15cen/rhodes1480.html (199 words)

	WHKMLA : Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes, 1522
		Rhodes had withstood Ottoman sieges in 1460 and 1480.
		The Order of the Knights Hospitaller (Order oif St. John, Maltese Knights) had participated in the crusades and in 1309 established itself on the island of Rhodes, which it turned into a bulwark of christianity in the continued conflict with Islam (from the mid-14th century onward, the Ottoman Empire).
		The fortress of Rhodes held out for several months; the island, however, proved untenable.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/16cen/rhodes1522.html (208 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Rhodes, Sieges of
		Suleiman besieged Rhodes in the spring of 1522.
		The intent of the siege of Rhodes was disruption of Byzantine control, seizure of captives and booty, and impairment of maritime commerce and life on that as well as other nearby islands.
		The ruins of the ancient Colossus of Rhodes were allegedly sold as scrap at the end of this raid, which followed Muslim seizure of Cyprus in 649.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_044000_rhodessieges.htm (336 words)

	THE SIEGE OF 1565
		This siege, although in a different part of the Mediterranean, coming four decades later, and with different commanders of the Order, nevertheless, was a replay of the sieges of 1480 and 1522.
		In prior sieges the Order had been abandoned by the monarchs of Europe, but this time the war was closer to home.
		During these same years several attempted sieges of Malta failed.
	www.wingnet.net /~osj/historyr.htm (978 words)

	Rhodes - objects of interest
		The performances give a dramatic account of the siege of Rhodes in 1522 and its fall to the Turks with a fine combination of words, sound and lighting effects.
		Tradition tells us that this was where the famous Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, stood.
		On a long pier stand the three old windmills and at its northern end the Fortress of St. Nicholas with the lighthouse.
	www.rhodos-info.de /engl26.htm (271 words)

	Articles - Ottoman wars in Europe
		Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean: Invasion of Rhodes in 1522, the Knights of Rhodes banished to Malta, which was in turn besieged in 1565.
		The defeat in 1456 at the Siege of NÃ¡ndorfehÃ©rvÃ¡r (Belgrade) holds up expansion into Catholic Europe for 70 years, though for one year (1480-1481) the Italian port of Otranto is taken, and in 1493 the Ottoman army successfully raids Croatia and Styria.
		The 1566 Battle of Szigetvar, the third siege in which the fort was finally taken but the Sultan died, deterred that year's push for Vienna.
	www.x-moto.net /articles/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe (271 words)

	Bublos.com, Books ›› The Siege of Malta, 1565: Translated from the Spanish Edition of 1568 (First Person Singular) (First Person Singular)
		The Knights of St John were a survival from the medieval world, the largest of the surviving crusading orders, and they had been driven out of their base on Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean after a great onslaught by the Turks in 1522.
		The siege of Malta was a crucial moment in the long struggle between Islam and Christendom for domination of the Mediterranean, fought out by unequal forces on the small island which commands the sea-routes at the centre of that sea.
		Against this powerful force, the Knights could only raise a handful of men and mercenaries, and had to depend on the fortifications they had raised in the thirty-five years since they first came to Malta, which bore no comparison to the massive walls and ditches on Rhodes.
	www.bublos.com /isbn/1843831406.html (748 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rhodes
		In 1480 Rhodes, under the orders of Pierre d'Aubusson, underwent a memorable siege by the lieutenants of Mahomet II; on 24 October, 1522, Villiers de l'Isle Adam had to make an honorable capitulation to Solyman II and deliver the island definitively to the Turks.
		The most distinguished bishop is Andreas Colossensis (the archdiocese was called Rhodes or Colossi) who, in 1416 at Constance and 1439 at Florence, defended the rights of the Roman Church against the Greeks, and especially against Marcus Eugenicus.
		Rhodes is still a Greek metropolitan depending on the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13024b.htm (1036 words)

	THE SIEGE OF 1522
		As in the great siege 42 years earlier, the villas were leveled, and all the population of Rhodes, together with all available food and forage, were brought within the walls of the city.
		It is difficult to grasp the intensity of this siege.
		Typical of the warfare throughout this siege was the repeated heavy assault on the bulwark of the English Knights, which was several times mined.
	www.wingnet.net /~osj/historyp.htm (1036 words)

	Sovereign Order of Saint John - Brief History - THE SIEGE OF 1522
		As in the great siege 42 years earlier, the villas were leveled, and all the population of Rhodes, together with all available food and forage, were brought within the walls of the city.
		It is difficult to grasp the intensity of this siege.
		Typical of the warfare throughout this siege was the repeated heavy assault on the bulwark of the English Knights, which was several times mined.
	www.wingnet.net /~osj/histo.htm (1036 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Suleiman I
		Suleiman's naval operations began with the siege of Rhodes in 1522; by the end of his reign, the Ottomans were masters of the eastern Mediterranean, lacking only Malta and Cyprus.
		Suleiman was the longest-reigning Ottoman sultan and led his army on thirteen campaigns starting with the successful siege of Belgrade in 1521; in 1526 he defeated the Hungarian King at Mohács and in 1529 undertook the first siege of Vienna.
		In 1526 an Ottoman presence was established in Yemen and in 1538 Aden was taken, but efforts against the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean brought no conclusive result.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_050900_suleimani.htm (1036 words)

	WHKMLA : Ottoman Siege of Malta, 1565
		The Order of the Knights Hospitaller (or of St. John) in 1522 were expelled from Rhodes and in 1530 were given, by Emperor Charles V., the island of Malta, from where they could continue to harass the Muslim world.
		The Great Siege of Malta 1565 may very well be regarded the last historic episode in which a force mainly consisting of knights won a decisive victory.
		From a Turkish perspective, the Siege of Malta was a success, insofar it had caused the christians to spend great effort in the defense of Malta; when Ottoman forces attacked the Aegaean Islands - Chios (Genoese), Naxos etc. (Venetian), little effort was made to defend them (1566).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/16cen/malta1565.html (520 words)

	Islamic Art and Europe
		Projectiles could be big - as at Rhodes, with relics of the siege of 1522, when Rhodes fell to Suleiman;
		The Rum (Western) Seljuqs occupied central Anatolia, and were especially taken by the remains of Roman sculpture they found there, decorating the gates of Konya with reliefs and statues, some of the latter nude.
		NB the work of Sir Marc Aurel Stein: here is a list of his Asian books ;
	vandyck.anu.edu.au /work/teach/islam (520 words)

	Book Encyclopedia - Web Library
		Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean: Invasion of Rhodes in 1522, the Knights of Rhodes banished to Malta, which was in turn beseiged in 1565.
		The 1566 Battle of Szigetvar, the third siege in which the fort was finally taken but the Sultan died, deterred that year's push for Vienna.
		After winning the Battle of Vienna, the Holy League gained upper hand, and conducted the reconquest of Hungary (Buda and Pest, the former under the command of a Swiss-born convert to Islam, was retaken in 1686 - followed by a mass slaughter reminiscent of the Crusaders' taking of Jerusalem).
	www.bookencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Ottoman_wars_in_Europe (520 words)

	New Page 13
		Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean: Invasion of Rhodes in 1522, the Knights of Rhodes banished to Malta, which was in turn besieged in 1565.
		The 1566 Battle of Szigetvar, the third siege in which the fort was finally taken but the Sultan died, deterred that year's push for Vienna.
		After winning the Battle of Vienna, the Holy League gained upper hand, and conducted the reconquest of Hungary (Buda and Pest, the former under the command of a Swiss-born convert to Islam, was retaken in 1686 - followed by a mass slaughter reminiscent of the Crusaders' taking of Jerusalem).
	koz.vianet.ca /boshis56.htm (1524 words)

	HISTORY AND MYTHS OF RHODES (RODOS) FROM THE PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE MODERN DAY. TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS, VACATION IN THE GREEK ISLANDS
		Their stay in Rhodes lasted 213 years, until 1522, when, on December 29, the last of the Grand Masters, Villiers de I' Isle Adam, was compelled to surrender the island to Suleiman the Magnificent.
		Needless to say, it took a siege of six months in the face of strong resistance from the Knights, with the aid of the local inhabitants, before the city could be forced to give itself up.
	www.rodos.com /history-myths-rh.htm (1524 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rhodes
		In 1480 Rhodes, under the orders of Pierre d'Aubusson, underwent a memorable siege by the lieutenants of Mahomet II; on 24 October, 1522, Villiers de l'Isle Adam had to make an honorable capitulation to Solyman II and deliver the island definitively to the Turks.
		From 1328 to 1546 Rhodes was a Latin metropolitan, having for suffragans the sees of Melos, Nicaria, Carpathos, Chios, Tinos, and Mycone; the list of its bishops is to be found in Le Quien (Oriens christ., III, 1049) and Eubel (Hierarchia catholica medii ævi, I, 205; II, 148; III, 188).
		On 15 August, 1310, under the leadership of Grand Master Foulques de Villaret, the Knights of St. John captured the island in spite of the Greek emperor, Andronicus II, and for more than two centuries, thanks to their fleet, were a solid bulwark between Christendom and Islam.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13024b.htm (1524 words)

	Suleiman - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Suleiman
		Suleiman captured Belgrade in 1521, the Mediterranean island of Rhodes in 1522, defeated the Hungarians at Mohács in 1526, and was halted in his advance into Europe only by his failure to take Vienna, capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after a siege from September to October 1529.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
		Only the Knights of Malta inflicted severe defeat on both his army and fleet when he tried to take Valletta in 1565.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Suleiman (1524 words)

	Malta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These Knights, a militant monastic order now known as the "Knights of Malta", had been driven out of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire in 1522.
		They withstood a fully-blown siege by the Ottoman Turks in 1565, who, at that time, were considered to be the greatest non-European military power: after this they decided to increase the fortifications, particularly in the Inner-harbour region, where the new city of Valletta, named after Jean Parisot de Vallette, was built.
		In 1814, as part of the Treaty of Paris, Malta officially became a part of the British Empire and was used as a shipping waystation and fleet headquarters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malta (1524 words)

	WHKMLA : Ottoman Siege of Malta, 1565
		The Order of the Knights Hospitaller (or of St. John) in 1522 were expelled from Rhodes and in 1530 were given, by Emperor Charles V., the island of Malta, from where they could continue to harass the Muslim world.
		The Ottomans quickly defeated the Maltese militia, became master of the countryside and laid siege to the fortress, which was stubbornly defended by the Knights Hospitaller.
		From a Turkish perspective, the Siege of Malta was a success, insofar it had caused the christians to spend great effort in the defense of Malta; when Ottoman forces attacked the Aegaean Islands - Chios (Genoese), Naxos etc. (Venetian), little effort was made to defend them (1566).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/16cen/malta1565.html (520 words)

	THE OLD TOWN OF RHODES. HISTORY OF GREECE. TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS, VACATION IN THE GREEK ISLANDS.
		These were so strong that even the siege of 1522 hardly damaged them.
		The Old Town of Rhodes is a bustling neighborhood of some 6,000 people, who live and work in the same buildings in which the Knights of St. John lived six centuries ago; as a living monument to the past it must be nearly unique in Europe, if not the world.
		Opposite the Church of St. John, at the highest point of the Castle, stood the Palace of the Grand Masters, a structure imposing both for its dimensions (80 meters by 75) and for the strength of its fortifications.
	www.rodos.com /rhodes-tn/old-town-rh.htm (520 words)

	PEWTER STATUES: KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN,, from the Summit Pewter Collection
		The Knights lost their power on the island, after a long siege, to Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522.
		Unlike many of the other orders of knights set up in Jerusalem at about this time, they did not become secularized, and were not decimated by the inquisitions.
		In 1187 the Knights were forced out, first to northern Palestine, then they spent 18 years in Cyprus before moving to Rhodes.
	www.twistedfeather.com /store/knightofstjohn.html (343 words)

	Saint John Hospital
		Oswald Massingberd was second son of Sir Thomas Massingberd, of Gunby, and had taken part in the siege of Rhodes in 1522.
		The establishment of the Tudor dynasty restored stability to England and, thanks to its Grand Prior Thomas Docwra (appointed in 1501 and who was responsible for building the Bell Tower of the Priory Church), the Order was highly favored by both Henry VII and VIII.
		[14] John Noel died in exile in 1562, as did Richard and James Bell and Edward Carmus in 1583; Sir Edward Waldegrave died in prison in 1563 and Sir Thomas Mytton in 1583; Sir Marmaduke Bowes, a collateral ancestor of H.M. the Queen Mother, was hanged, drawn and quartered at York in 1585.
	www.saintjohn.org /history/britknights.html (3344 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Siege of Rhodes (1522)

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Fri 1 Jan 10)