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Nobility, faith and masculinity : the Hospitaller knights of Malta, c.1580-c.1700 /
This is an important study of elite European noblemen who joined the Order of Malta. The Order functioning in parallel with the convents that absorbed the surplus daughters of the nobility provided a highly respectable outlet for sons not earmarked for marriage. The process of becoming a Hospitaller...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
Continuum,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is an important study of elite European noblemen who joined the Order of Malta. The Order functioning in parallel with the convents that absorbed the surplus daughters of the nobility provided a highly respectable outlet for sons not earmarked for marriage. The process of becoming a Hospitaller was a semi-structured one, involving clear-cut (if flexible) social and financial requirements on the part of the candidate, and a mixture of formal and informal socialization into the ways of the Order. Once enrolled, a Hospitaller became part of a very hierarchical and ethnically mixed organisati. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441102430 1441102434 9781472599766 1472599764 9781441178671 1441178678 1441149902 9781441149909 |