A History of the Knights of Malta: Volume 1 : Or, The Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

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Tracing the development of the military religious order of the Knights Hospitaller, this two-volume work by army officer Whitworth Porter (1827–92) first appeared in 1858. It incorporates details of the knights' social habits and customs, along with supplementary material such as royal and papal documents in translation.