The winged lion and the eight-pointed cross : Venice, Hospitaller Malta, and the Mediterranean in early modern times / Victor Mallia-Milanes

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'Vol veder di aver Brandizo ovvero Malta' : a Hospitaller odyssey from Rhodes to Malta, 1523- -- The Birgu phase of Hospitaller history -- Hospitaller baroque culture : the Order of St John's Legacy to early modern Malta -- Society and the economy on the Hospitaller island of Malta : an overview -- Malta and Venice in the eighteenth century : a study in consular relations -- The Hospitaller receiver in Venice : a late seventeenth-century document -- Poised between hope and infinite despair : Venetians in the port of XVIIIth-century Malta -- Property, piracy, and pugnacity : reflections on Venice's attitude towards the Order of the Hospital in early modern times -- A man with a mission : a Venetian Hospitaller on eighteenth-century Malta -- Venice, Hospitaller Malta, and fear of the plague : culturally conflicting views -- Towards the end of the Order of the Hospital : reflections on the views of two Venetian brethren, Antonio Miari and Ottavio Benvenuti -- A living force of continuity in a declining Mediterranean : The Hospitaller Order of St John in early modern times -- Venice, Hospitaller Malta, and the little soldier from Ajaccio : a semi-autobiographical rhapsody.