Walter Scott and J. H. Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748624874
- eISBN:
- 9780748652280
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624874.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Prose (inc. letters, diaries)
The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts from The Siege of Malta have been published, this is ...
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The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts from The Siege of Malta have been published, this is the first complete edition. Bizarro has not been available in print until now. The Siege of Malta begins as a novel but ends as a historical account of the extraordinary defence of Malta by the Order of St John of Jerusalem and their Maltese helpers against much larger Muslim forces. It is an epic tale of endurance, resulting in inevitable defeat for some of the Knights, and for the rest, in the most hard won of victories, setting the scene for the subsequent development of the Maltese nation. In the novella Bizarro, Scott takes up the story of a notorious Calabrian brigand of the early nineteenth century. His fictionalised account draws on his experience of visiting Naples and its surroundings, and on his earlier knowledge of Neapolitan history, to tell a tale of passion, murder, and revenge with a level of violence rarely seen in his earlier work. Though incomplete, Bizarro shows that Scott had not lost the power to tell a good story in this, his very last piece of fiction.Less
The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts from The Siege of Malta have been published, this is the first complete edition. Bizarro has not been available in print until now. The Siege of Malta begins as a novel but ends as a historical account of the extraordinary defence of Malta by the Order of St John of Jerusalem and their Maltese helpers against much larger Muslim forces. It is an epic tale of endurance, resulting in inevitable defeat for some of the Knights, and for the rest, in the most hard won of victories, setting the scene for the subsequent development of the Maltese nation. In the novella Bizarro, Scott takes up the story of a notorious Calabrian brigand of the early nineteenth century. His fictionalised account draws on his experience of visiting Naples and its surroundings, and on his earlier knowledge of Neapolitan history, to tell a tale of passion, murder, and revenge with a level of violence rarely seen in his earlier work. Though incomplete, Bizarro shows that Scott had not lost the power to tell a good story in this, his very last piece of fiction.
Jane Hwang Degenhardt
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748640843
- eISBN:
- 9780748651597
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748640843.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This book explores the theme of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early-modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger and others. In these works, conversion from Christianity to Islam ...
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This book explores the theme of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early-modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger and others. In these works, conversion from Christianity to Islam is represented as both erotic and tragic: as a sexual seduction and a fate worse than death. The book examines the theatre's treatment of the intercourse between the Christian and Islamic faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture. In addition, it shows how England's encounter with Islam reanimated post-Reformation debates about the embodiment of Christian faith. As the book compellingly demonstrates, the erotics of conversion added fuel to the fires of controversies over Pauline universalism, Christian martyrdom, the efficacy of relics and rituals and the ideals of the Knights of Malta.Less
This book explores the theme of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early-modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger and others. In these works, conversion from Christianity to Islam is represented as both erotic and tragic: as a sexual seduction and a fate worse than death. The book examines the theatre's treatment of the intercourse between the Christian and Islamic faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture. In addition, it shows how England's encounter with Islam reanimated post-Reformation debates about the embodiment of Christian faith. As the book compellingly demonstrates, the erotics of conversion added fuel to the fires of controversies over Pauline universalism, Christian martyrdom, the efficacy of relics and rituals and the ideals of the Knights of Malta.
Sarah A. Curtis
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195394184
- eISBN:
- 9780199866595
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195394184.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, History of Religion
After her expulsion from Algeria, Vialar took refuge in neighboring Tunisia, where the local bey invited her and the SSJA to provide educational, health care, and charity services. This chapter ...
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After her expulsion from Algeria, Vialar took refuge in neighboring Tunisia, where the local bey invited her and the SSJA to provide educational, health care, and charity services. This chapter examines her work there and her relationship with the Abbé Bourgade, who promoted cross‐religious understanding between Catholics and Muslims. Here Vialar, as in Algeria and in missions throughout the Mediterranean basin, allowed the clandestine baptism of dying Muslim and Jewish children, while eschewing more overt forms of conversion. She also opened missions in Malta, where a devout Catholic population provided resources and personnel to expand her order.Less
After her expulsion from Algeria, Vialar took refuge in neighboring Tunisia, where the local bey invited her and the SSJA to provide educational, health care, and charity services. This chapter examines her work there and her relationship with the Abbé Bourgade, who promoted cross‐religious understanding between Catholics and Muslims. Here Vialar, as in Algeria and in missions throughout the Mediterranean basin, allowed the clandestine baptism of dying Muslim and Jewish children, while eschewing more overt forms of conversion. She also opened missions in Malta, where a devout Catholic population provided resources and personnel to expand her order.
Gregory O'Malley
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199253791
- eISBN:
- 9780191719820
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253791.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This book examines the English-speaking branch, or langue, of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a military order devoted to the care of the sick and defence of the Latin East and based ...
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This book examines the English-speaking branch, or langue, of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a military order devoted to the care of the sick and defence of the Latin East and based successively, in this period, in Rhodes and Malta. The order's houses in Britain and Ireland, governed from priories at Clerkenwell and Kilmainham, supported these activities with men and money, and also provided spiritual and other services to the local population. This work examines the recruitment of British and Irish members of the order and their family ties and career structure as well as their relationship with society at large, mediated through their provision of spiritual services outside the parish network as well as through their offer of vicarious participation in the defence of the faith through the offer of confraternity. The administration of the order's estates by its members and their servants and families is analysed, and its despatch of resources to the east investigated. The support of the governing authorities of Britain and Ireland was crucial to the latter, and the Hospital was a significant component of the later medieval political order, so there is extended discussion of the order's relationship with the English and Scots' crowns and the Irish nobility. Finally, the activities of the langue in the Mediterranean are examined, attention being given to the careers of its members in the east, its role in the defence of Rhodes and Malta, and the position and functions of its chief officer, the turcopolier.Less
This book examines the English-speaking branch, or langue, of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a military order devoted to the care of the sick and defence of the Latin East and based successively, in this period, in Rhodes and Malta. The order's houses in Britain and Ireland, governed from priories at Clerkenwell and Kilmainham, supported these activities with men and money, and also provided spiritual and other services to the local population. This work examines the recruitment of British and Irish members of the order and their family ties and career structure as well as their relationship with society at large, mediated through their provision of spiritual services outside the parish network as well as through their offer of vicarious participation in the defence of the faith through the offer of confraternity. The administration of the order's estates by its members and their servants and families is analysed, and its despatch of resources to the east investigated. The support of the governing authorities of Britain and Ireland was crucial to the latter, and the Hospital was a significant component of the later medieval political order, so there is extended discussion of the order's relationship with the English and Scots' crowns and the Irish nobility. Finally, the activities of the langue in the Mediterranean are examined, attention being given to the careers of its members in the east, its role in the defence of Rhodes and Malta, and the position and functions of its chief officer, the turcopolier.
GREGORY O’MALLEY
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199253791
- eISBN:
- 9780191719820
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253791.003.01
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This introductory chapter offers a short history of the Hospital of St John from its foundation in the 11th century to the siege of Malta in 1565, looking at its organisation, its Hospitaller and ...
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This introductory chapter offers a short history of the Hospital of St John from its foundation in the 11th century to the siege of Malta in 1565, looking at its organisation, its Hospitaller and spiritual functions, its administration and defence of Rhodes and the Dodecanese, its role in the crusades, and its ejection from Rhodes and relocation to Malta. It is followed by an introduction to the organisation of the Hospitaller priories of England and Ireland, their position in society, and to the role of the English langue in the order's central convent in the east. There is also a discussion of the documentary sources for the langue's history in Malta and the British Isles, together with an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the existing secondary literature concerning the order's history and archaeology.Less
This introductory chapter offers a short history of the Hospital of St John from its foundation in the 11th century to the siege of Malta in 1565, looking at its organisation, its Hospitaller and spiritual functions, its administration and defence of Rhodes and the Dodecanese, its role in the crusades, and its ejection from Rhodes and relocation to Malta. It is followed by an introduction to the organisation of the Hospitaller priories of England and Ireland, their position in society, and to the role of the English langue in the order's central convent in the east. There is also a discussion of the documentary sources for the langue's history in Malta and the British Isles, together with an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the existing secondary literature concerning the order's history and archaeology.
GREGORY O’MALLEY
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199253791
- eISBN:
- 9780191719820
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253791.003.08
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter describes the Hospital's Mediterranean central convent, its administrative structures and personnel, and its government and defence of the Dodecanese and, later, Malta. The travel of ...
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This chapter describes the Hospital's Mediterranean central convent, its administrative structures and personnel, and its government and defence of the Dodecanese and, later, Malta. The travel of English-speaking brethren to Rhodes and Malta is discussed, and their membership of the English langue explored. The langue's numerical strength is assessed and its administration of an auberge providing meals and accommodation discussed. There is an examination of the property holdings and commercial interests of members of the langue, particularly their participation in the cloth trade, and of the rivalries between them, which sometimes resulted in bloodshed. The military service of brethren on ‘caravans’ performed in the order's fortifications and galleys is discussed, and their participation in the sieges of Rhodes in 1480 and 1522 examined. The roles of the turcopolier as conventual bailiff, commander of the turcopoles, and head of the coastguard are explored, as is the appointment of English-speaking brethren to other conventual offices.Less
This chapter describes the Hospital's Mediterranean central convent, its administrative structures and personnel, and its government and defence of the Dodecanese and, later, Malta. The travel of English-speaking brethren to Rhodes and Malta is discussed, and their membership of the English langue explored. The langue's numerical strength is assessed and its administration of an auberge providing meals and accommodation discussed. There is an examination of the property holdings and commercial interests of members of the langue, particularly their participation in the cloth trade, and of the rivalries between them, which sometimes resulted in bloodshed. The military service of brethren on ‘caravans’ performed in the order's fortifications and galleys is discussed, and their participation in the sieges of Rhodes in 1480 and 1522 examined. The roles of the turcopolier as conventual bailiff, commander of the turcopoles, and head of the coastguard are explored, as is the appointment of English-speaking brethren to other conventual offices.
GREGORY O’MALLEY
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199253791
- eISBN:
- 9780191719820
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253791.003.09
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter looks at the careers of former brethren of the order after its dissolution in the territories of the English crown in 1540. Most brethren can be shown to have returned to England and ...
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This chapter looks at the careers of former brethren of the order after its dissolution in the territories of the English crown in 1540. Most brethren can be shown to have returned to England and collected a pension from the crown, while only three definitely remained in Malta. Of the brethren who returned to England, some entered into careers in government service, most notably as captains in the Royal Navy, while those who remained in Malta all held offices of importance. The reasons for the restoration of the order in England, Wales and Ireland under Philip and Mary are analysed, and the features of the restored Hospital outlined.Less
This chapter looks at the careers of former brethren of the order after its dissolution in the territories of the English crown in 1540. Most brethren can be shown to have returned to England and collected a pension from the crown, while only three definitely remained in Malta. Of the brethren who returned to England, some entered into careers in government service, most notably as captains in the Royal Navy, while those who remained in Malta all held offices of importance. The reasons for the restoration of the order in England, Wales and Ireland under Philip and Mary are analysed, and the features of the restored Hospital outlined.
David Landreth
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199773299
- eISBN:
- 9780199932665
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199773299.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
In Book 2 of The Faerie Queene, the debate between the knight Sir Guyon and the demon Mammon over the value of money is expressed in terms of consumption: money proves to be a value that desires to ...
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In Book 2 of The Faerie Queene, the debate between the knight Sir Guyon and the demon Mammon over the value of money is expressed in terms of consumption: money proves to be a value that desires to consume all other values, cruelly disordering not only the processes of bodily sustenance but the mnemonic relation of past to future and even the metaphysical relation of matter to form. But, as Marlowe's Jew of Malta and Spenser's own reconsideration of these problems in Book 5 of The Faerie Queene both demonstrate, attending to an anti-monetary version of consumption fails to account for the utility of money in the world, the ways in which we continue to depend upon money's instrumentality.Less
In Book 2 of The Faerie Queene, the debate between the knight Sir Guyon and the demon Mammon over the value of money is expressed in terms of consumption: money proves to be a value that desires to consume all other values, cruelly disordering not only the processes of bodily sustenance but the mnemonic relation of past to future and even the metaphysical relation of matter to form. But, as Marlowe's Jew of Malta and Spenser's own reconsideration of these problems in Book 5 of The Faerie Queene both demonstrate, attending to an anti-monetary version of consumption fails to account for the utility of money in the world, the ways in which we continue to depend upon money's instrumentality.
CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198206118
- eISBN:
- 9780191717178
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206118.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
The years in Turin were of great importance in Francesco Crispi's political development. He had arrived in Piedmont a federalist, whose main concern was still the liberation of Sicily: he saw ...
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The years in Turin were of great importance in Francesco Crispi's political development. He had arrived in Piedmont a federalist, whose main concern was still the liberation of Sicily: he saw federalism as the best way of safeguarding the freedom of his island as well as that of the other regions of Italy. By the time he was expelled from Piedmont he had come to regard this programme as essentially impractical and had gravitated towards the unitarist position of Giuseppe Mazzini. In Turin, and afterwards in Malta, London, and Paris, he set out quite deliberately to educate himself for political leadership. One reason why he had wanted to go to Malta was precisely because it offered good prospects for conspiring in southern Italy, and especially Sicily. While in London, Crispi found time to learn about British society and politics. In Paris, he had rather clearer ideas of what to do about his desire for Italian unification.Less
The years in Turin were of great importance in Francesco Crispi's political development. He had arrived in Piedmont a federalist, whose main concern was still the liberation of Sicily: he saw federalism as the best way of safeguarding the freedom of his island as well as that of the other regions of Italy. By the time he was expelled from Piedmont he had come to regard this programme as essentially impractical and had gravitated towards the unitarist position of Giuseppe Mazzini. In Turin, and afterwards in Malta, London, and Paris, he set out quite deliberately to educate himself for political leadership. One reason why he had wanted to go to Malta was precisely because it offered good prospects for conspiring in southern Italy, and especially Sicily. While in London, Crispi found time to learn about British society and politics. In Paris, he had rather clearer ideas of what to do about his desire for Italian unification.
Deepak Lal and H. Myint
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198294320
- eISBN:
- 9780191596582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198294328.003.0004
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
The thinking behind the method of pairing countries used in the book for the purpose of comparative analysis of their economic history is explained. The salient relationships are then outlined ...
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The thinking behind the method of pairing countries used in the book for the purpose of comparative analysis of their economic history is explained. The salient relationships are then outlined between economic policies and the outcomes of economic growth, poverty alleviation, and income distribution that have emerged from the pairwise country comparisons. The two main findings of the analysis are that (1) there is a close relationship between a country's success or failure in pursuing policies to expand exports and its rate of economic growth; and (2) the growth in income per capita of a country tends to reduce poverty in an absolute sense, although income distribution in a relative sense may become more or less equal with economic growth. The last part of the chapter presents the pairwise country profiles. The first is a group of five small open economies that are divided into two pairs—Hong Kong and Singapore, and Jamaica and Mauritius, linked by a fifth country—Malta; the remaining pairs are Sri Lanka and Malaysia, Thailand and Ghana, Brazil and Mexico, Uruguay and Costa Rica, Colombia and Peru, Egypt and Turkey, Nigeria and Indonesia, and Malawi and Madagascar.Less
The thinking behind the method of pairing countries used in the book for the purpose of comparative analysis of their economic history is explained. The salient relationships are then outlined between economic policies and the outcomes of economic growth, poverty alleviation, and income distribution that have emerged from the pairwise country comparisons. The two main findings of the analysis are that (1) there is a close relationship between a country's success or failure in pursuing policies to expand exports and its rate of economic growth; and (2) the growth in income per capita of a country tends to reduce poverty in an absolute sense, although income distribution in a relative sense may become more or less equal with economic growth. The last part of the chapter presents the pairwise country profiles. The first is a group of five small open economies that are divided into two pairs—Hong Kong and Singapore, and Jamaica and Mauritius, linked by a fifth country—Malta; the remaining pairs are Sri Lanka and Malaysia, Thailand and Ghana, Brazil and Mexico, Uruguay and Costa Rica, Colombia and Peru, Egypt and Turkey, Nigeria and Indonesia, and Malawi and Madagascar.
John Beer
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199574018
- eISBN:
- 9780191723100
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574018.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century Literature and Romanticism, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
Development of the relationship with Sara Hutchinson. Coleridge's journey to Malta and his reaction to John Wordsworth's death at sea. His ‘involuntary jealousy’ at Wordsworth's unlimited access to ...
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Development of the relationship with Sara Hutchinson. Coleridge's journey to Malta and his reaction to John Wordsworth's death at sea. His ‘involuntary jealousy’ at Wordsworth's unlimited access to Sara, coupled with unbridled admiration of his poetic achievement, particularly in the autobiographical poetry leading to the 1805 Prelude. His misery on realizing that his love for Sara cannot reach a happy conclusion. The after‐life in poetry of his desolate love.Less
Development of the relationship with Sara Hutchinson. Coleridge's journey to Malta and his reaction to John Wordsworth's death at sea. His ‘involuntary jealousy’ at Wordsworth's unlimited access to Sara, coupled with unbridled admiration of his poetic achievement, particularly in the autobiographical poetry leading to the 1805 Prelude. His misery on realizing that his love for Sara cannot reach a happy conclusion. The after‐life in poetry of his desolate love.
John Beer
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199574018
- eISBN:
- 9780191723100
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574018.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century Literature and Romanticism, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
Coleridge's public attempts to encourage a natural morality in political activity are conducted through the editorship of Daniel Stuart, proprietor of the Morning Post. His insight into genius leads ...
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Coleridge's public attempts to encourage a natural morality in political activity are conducted through the editorship of Daniel Stuart, proprietor of the Morning Post. His insight into genius leads him to appreciate the qualities of Napoleon, but also means that his initial horror of war is superseded by support of the need for warfare to defeat the aims of the Corsican. His work in Malta enhances his experience with men and affairs, and a subsequent visit to Rome introduces him to a number of new thinkers and painters, including Humboldt and Washington Allston. It also, however, drives him to value more the virtues of private affections—though as he resumes contact with the Wordsworths he finds them increasingly drawn into the concerns of domestic life and less inclined to value his Platonic love for Sara Hutchinson—which he had hoped might not only afford him fulfilment but prove exemplary to his contemporaries.Less
Coleridge's public attempts to encourage a natural morality in political activity are conducted through the editorship of Daniel Stuart, proprietor of the Morning Post. His insight into genius leads him to appreciate the qualities of Napoleon, but also means that his initial horror of war is superseded by support of the need for warfare to defeat the aims of the Corsican. His work in Malta enhances his experience with men and affairs, and a subsequent visit to Rome introduces him to a number of new thinkers and painters, including Humboldt and Washington Allston. It also, however, drives him to value more the virtues of private affections—though as he resumes contact with the Wordsworths he finds them increasingly drawn into the concerns of domestic life and less inclined to value his Platonic love for Sara Hutchinson—which he had hoped might not only afford him fulfilment but prove exemplary to his contemporaries.
Ralph Pite
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198112945
- eISBN:
- 9780191670886
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198112945.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century Literature and Romanticism, Poetry
Throughout his career, Coleridge had been able to include the Commedia and several other of Dante's poems in his readings but his references to Dante are often either ornamental or incidental. This ...
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Throughout his career, Coleridge had been able to include the Commedia and several other of Dante's poems in his readings but his references to Dante are often either ornamental or incidental. This chapter asserts that there are certain important similarities between the works of Dante and those of Coleridge in two particular periods in Coleridge's life. It first discusses the parallels evident in Coleridge's travels to both Malta and southern Italy during the period between 1804 and 1807. Also, it looks into the parallels when Coleridge worked on the rewriting of his periodical entitled The Friend for the publication of its three-volume edition across 1818. It particularly concentrates on the changes in Coleridge's notion of symbols and symbolic writing.Less
Throughout his career, Coleridge had been able to include the Commedia and several other of Dante's poems in his readings but his references to Dante are often either ornamental or incidental. This chapter asserts that there are certain important similarities between the works of Dante and those of Coleridge in two particular periods in Coleridge's life. It first discusses the parallels evident in Coleridge's travels to both Malta and southern Italy during the period between 1804 and 1807. Also, it looks into the parallels when Coleridge worked on the rewriting of his periodical entitled The Friend for the publication of its three-volume edition across 1818. It particularly concentrates on the changes in Coleridge's notion of symbols and symbolic writing.
William St. Clair
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780192880536
- eISBN:
- 9780191670596
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192880536.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Despite the controversies brought up in England, Lusieri remained employed under Lord Elgin. After he arrived in Malta on the Hydra with Nicolo Giraud, Byron, and the second collection of Elgin ...
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Despite the controversies brought up in England, Lusieri remained employed under Lord Elgin. After he arrived in Malta on the Hydra with Nicolo Giraud, Byron, and the second collection of Elgin marbles in 1811, he spent months attempting to recondition the cases used for storing the marbles and discussing obtaining new credits with Elgin's bankers. While Lusieri was in Athens, a new discovery which was achieved by Charles Robert Cockerell involved examinations of all the possible ancient buildings that could be located. Cockerell and his party discovered the Aegina marbles at the Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius which can be dated before the Parthenon, between the archaic and the classical periods. This chapter looks into what happened to these Aegina marbles and to the other discoveries of Cockerell.Less
Despite the controversies brought up in England, Lusieri remained employed under Lord Elgin. After he arrived in Malta on the Hydra with Nicolo Giraud, Byron, and the second collection of Elgin marbles in 1811, he spent months attempting to recondition the cases used for storing the marbles and discussing obtaining new credits with Elgin's bankers. While Lusieri was in Athens, a new discovery which was achieved by Charles Robert Cockerell involved examinations of all the possible ancient buildings that could be located. Cockerell and his party discovered the Aegina marbles at the Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius which can be dated before the Parthenon, between the archaic and the classical periods. This chapter looks into what happened to these Aegina marbles and to the other discoveries of Cockerell.
Thomas Scheben
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9789774165818
- eISBN:
- 9781617971297
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774165818.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Military History
how did the population of the small but strategically important island in mid-Mediterranean manage to hold-out under conditions of siege and near starvation? This chapter is an account of the trials ...
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how did the population of the small but strategically important island in mid-Mediterranean manage to hold-out under conditions of siege and near starvation? This chapter is an account of the trials of the summer of 1942 in Malta, examines the Maltese citizens' combination of tenacity, and of determination not to follow the Greeks into Axis subjection, and their acceptance of a draconian plan of rationing based on one imposed on the British, equally reliant on food imports. Had Malta collapsed, it would have been as inestimable a loss to the Allies as an asset to the Axis.Less
how did the population of the small but strategically important island in mid-Mediterranean manage to hold-out under conditions of siege and near starvation? This chapter is an account of the trials of the summer of 1942 in Malta, examines the Maltese citizens' combination of tenacity, and of determination not to follow the Greeks into Axis subjection, and their acceptance of a draconian plan of rationing based on one imposed on the British, equally reliant on food imports. Had Malta collapsed, it would have been as inestimable a loss to the Allies as an asset to the Axis.
Kathy Lavezzo
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781501703157
- eISBN:
- 9781501706158
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501703157.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Early and Medieval Literature
This chapter examines Christopher Marlowe's early modern remapping of the Jew and urban space in The Jew of Malta, arguing that the 1952 play enacts a spatial contradiction. Even before the play ...
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This chapter examines Christopher Marlowe's early modern remapping of the Jew and urban space in The Jew of Malta, arguing that the 1952 play enacts a spatial contradiction. Even before the play proper begins, The Jew of Malta foregrounds the ostensible powers of fortification. And just 100 lines into the play, Barabas soliloquizes about Jewish wealth, highlighting the singularly rich Jews inhabiting various lands. A comparison of the space of the Jew to the space of the island reveals that their geographic disparity threatens to render the phrase “The Jew of Malta” something of a non sequitur. This chapter explores Marlowe's staging of how Christian locations in Malta act as doubles of Barabas's counting house. It suggests that Barabas is a canny destabilizer of even Maltese hyperfortified space and that the counting house is a porous site that informs virtually every built environment in The Jew of Malta.Less
This chapter examines Christopher Marlowe's early modern remapping of the Jew and urban space in The Jew of Malta, arguing that the 1952 play enacts a spatial contradiction. Even before the play proper begins, The Jew of Malta foregrounds the ostensible powers of fortification. And just 100 lines into the play, Barabas soliloquizes about Jewish wealth, highlighting the singularly rich Jews inhabiting various lands. A comparison of the space of the Jew to the space of the island reveals that their geographic disparity threatens to render the phrase “The Jew of Malta” something of a non sequitur. This chapter explores Marlowe's staging of how Christian locations in Malta act as doubles of Barabas's counting house. It suggests that Barabas is a canny destabilizer of even Maltese hyperfortified space and that the counting house is a porous site that informs virtually every built environment in The Jew of Malta.
Ayşe Devrim Atauz
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813031798
- eISBN:
- 9780813038148
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813031798.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology
For millennia, Malta has always been considered a site of strategic importance. From the arrival of the Phoenicians through rule under Carthage, Rome, Sicilian Arabs, Normans, and Genovese, to the ...
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For millennia, Malta has always been considered a site of strategic importance. From the arrival of the Phoenicians through rule under Carthage, Rome, Sicilian Arabs, Normans, and Genovese, to the Order of St. John (“Knights of Malta”), the advent of the Napoleonic Wars, and even World Wars I and II, the Maltese islands have served as re-provisioning stations, military bases, and refuges for pirates and privateers. Building on her underwater archaeological survey of the Maltese archipelago, this book presents an interdisciplinary approach to maritime history in the Mediterranean. Offering a general overview of essential facts, including geographical and oceanographic factors that would have affected the navigation of historic ships, major relevant historical texts and documents, the logistical possibilities of ancient ship design, a detailed study of sea currents and wind patterns, and especially the archaeological remains (or scarcity thereof) around the Maltese maritime perimeter, this book builds a convincing argument that Malta mattered far less in maritime history than has been previously asserted.Less
For millennia, Malta has always been considered a site of strategic importance. From the arrival of the Phoenicians through rule under Carthage, Rome, Sicilian Arabs, Normans, and Genovese, to the Order of St. John (“Knights of Malta”), the advent of the Napoleonic Wars, and even World Wars I and II, the Maltese islands have served as re-provisioning stations, military bases, and refuges for pirates and privateers. Building on her underwater archaeological survey of the Maltese archipelago, this book presents an interdisciplinary approach to maritime history in the Mediterranean. Offering a general overview of essential facts, including geographical and oceanographic factors that would have affected the navigation of historic ships, major relevant historical texts and documents, the logistical possibilities of ancient ship design, a detailed study of sea currents and wind patterns, and especially the archaeological remains (or scarcity thereof) around the Maltese maritime perimeter, this book builds a convincing argument that Malta mattered far less in maritime history than has been previously asserted.
Mushirul Hasan
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198063117
- eISBN:
- 9780199080199
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198063117.003.0045
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
The author narrates Captain Richard's polite conduct towards him and presents an account of his voyage to Malta. He describes the island and the characters of the Governor, Admiral, ...
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The author narrates Captain Richard's polite conduct towards him and presents an account of his voyage to Malta. He describes the island and the characters of the Governor, Admiral, Commander-in-chief, and Commissary-general. The author lands, and is hospitably entertained by all the public officers. He discovers a great affinity between the Maltese and Arabic languages, describes the invasion of Malta by the Turks, and comments on the climate of that island. The author re-embarks, on board the L'Heureuse, for Smyrna. The ship journeys into the port of Miletus, passes by Athens, and arrives at Smyrna. The author is well received by the Consul and visits Osman Aga. The ship leaves Smyrna and arrives at the Hellespont. The author describes the Sea of Marmora and narrates his arrival at the Dardanelles.Less
The author narrates Captain Richard's polite conduct towards him and presents an account of his voyage to Malta. He describes the island and the characters of the Governor, Admiral, Commander-in-chief, and Commissary-general. The author lands, and is hospitably entertained by all the public officers. He discovers a great affinity between the Maltese and Arabic languages, describes the invasion of Malta by the Turks, and comments on the climate of that island. The author re-embarks, on board the L'Heureuse, for Smyrna. The ship journeys into the port of Miletus, passes by Athens, and arrives at Smyrna. The author is well received by the Consul and visits Osman Aga. The ship leaves Smyrna and arrives at the Hellespont. The author describes the Sea of Marmora and narrates his arrival at the Dardanelles.
Ayşe Devrim Atauz
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813031798
- eISBN:
- 9780813038148
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813031798.003.0003
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology
This chapter discusses the period during which the Maltese Islands were under the Muslim sphere of political and cultural influence, followed by the religious transformation of the Maltese population ...
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This chapter discusses the period during which the Maltese Islands were under the Muslim sphere of political and cultural influence, followed by the religious transformation of the Maltese population from Muslim beliefs to devout Roman Catholicism. It is noted that between 1530 and 1789, the Maltese Islands were the home of the Order of Saint John, which is a major institutional force in the military strategy to protect Christian Europe from Islamic expansion. It also highlights some problems connected to the archaeology of medieval Malta, one of which is the absence of publications.Less
This chapter discusses the period during which the Maltese Islands were under the Muslim sphere of political and cultural influence, followed by the religious transformation of the Maltese population from Muslim beliefs to devout Roman Catholicism. It is noted that between 1530 and 1789, the Maltese Islands were the home of the Order of Saint John, which is a major institutional force in the military strategy to protect Christian Europe from Islamic expansion. It also highlights some problems connected to the archaeology of medieval Malta, one of which is the absence of publications.
Ayşe Devrim Atauz
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813031798
- eISBN:
- 9780813038148
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813031798.003.0004
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology
This chapter discusses the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, which arrived and was founded in Malta in the eleventh century. It was initially meant to be a hospice for the care of pilgrims in ...
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This chapter discusses the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, which arrived and was founded in Malta in the eleventh century. It was initially meant to be a hospice for the care of pilgrims in Jerusalem, but became a religious and Hospitaller brotherhood before becoming a military order integrating the monastic and military ways of life. The discussion emphasizes that the Order of Saint John had two major functions: to provide hospital services to those in need and to fight the forces of Islam.Less
This chapter discusses the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, which arrived and was founded in Malta in the eleventh century. It was initially meant to be a hospice for the care of pilgrims in Jerusalem, but became a religious and Hospitaller brotherhood before becoming a military order integrating the monastic and military ways of life. The discussion emphasizes that the Order of Saint John had two major functions: to provide hospital services to those in need and to fight the forces of Islam.
