Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461 (Global Histories Before Globalisation)

Cover\nHalf Title\nSeries\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nPreface\nIntroduction\nI ‘Vol veder di aver Brandizo ovvero Malta’: the Hospitaller odyssey from Rhodes to Malta, 1523–1530\nII The Birgu phase of Hospitaller History\nIII Hospitaller baroque culture: the order of St John’s legacy to early modern Malta\nIV Society and the economy on the Hospitaller island of Malta: an overview\nV Malta and Venice in the eighteenth century: a study in consular relations\nVI The Hospitaller receiver in Venice: a late seventeenth-century document\nVII Poised between hope and infinite despair: Venetians in the port of eighteenth-century Malta\nVIII Property, piracy, and pugnacity: reflections on Venice’s attitude towards the order of the Hospital in early modern times\nIX A man with a mission: a Venetian Hospitaller on eighteenth-century Malta\nX Venice, Hospitaller Malta, and fear of the plague: culturally conflicting views\nXI Towards the end of the order of the Hospital: reflections on the views of two Venetian brethren, Antonio Miari and Ottavio Benvenuti\nXII A living force of continuity in a declining Mediterranean: the Hospitaller Order of St John in early modern times\nXIII Venice, Hospitaller Malta, and the little soldier from Ajaccio: a semi-autobiographical rhapsody\nIndex