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KNIGHTS OF MALTA
1523-1798
BY R. COHEN LATE SCHOLAR OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD
1920
THE LOTHIAN PRIZE ESSAY FOR 1920 (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
SETTLEMENT AT MALTA, 1523-1565
Departure from Rhodes—Residence in Italy—Settlement in
Malta, 1530—Condition of the Mediterranean—The
corsairs—Turkey—Fortification of Malta—Loss of English
"Langue"—Enterprises of the Order—Solyman decides to attack Malta