The Maltese Dialogue

The Maltese Dialogue is the first comprehensive treatise of the history, institutions, and political projects of the Order of the Knights of Saint John of the Hospital. It offers a hitherto unexplored, first-rate source on the Maltese knights' self-projection as a unique transnational institution of early modern Europe.

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Kiril Petkov is Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of WisconsinRiver Falls, USA. His primary area of research is medieval and early modern Mediterranean cultural and religious history, and he has published widely in this area.

Zusammenfassung
The Maltese Dialogue is the first comprehensive treatise of the history, institutions, and political projects of the Order of the Knights of Saint John of the Hospital. It offers a hitherto unexplored, first-rate source on the Maltese knights' self-projection as a unique transnational institution of early modern Europe.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Transcription and translation

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Index