The Modern Memory of the Military-religious Orders

This volume examines the pervasive and persistent appropriations of the military orders across a broad chronology and several regions, including Mexico, Brazil, and Greece, areas beyond the traditional focus of prior research in medievalism.

Autorentext

Rory MacLellan is a postdoctoral research fellow at Historic Royal Palaces. He specialises in medieval religious history, especially the crusades and the military-religious orders. His first book is Donations to the Knights Hospitaller in Britain and Ireland, 12911400 (2021).

Inhalt

Introduction, 1. Memories of the Military Orders in Britain in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 2. Rosslyn Chapel: Templar Pseudo-history, 'Symbology', and the Far-right, 3. Acquiring Heritage: The Venerable Order of St John and the Accumulation of its Past (1858-1931), 4. Reconstructing the Past: The Memory and Tradition of the Order of the Hospitaller Knights of St John in Modern Greece (19th-20th Centuries), 5. Taking the Cross and Asserting Freedom: Catholic Liberalism, the Military Orders, and the Perception of the Crusades in Mexico in the first half of the 19th Century, 6. The Internet Crusade Against Communism: Political neomedievalism in 21st century Brazil.