The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England
Simon Phillips
The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller played a major role not only within the Order, but also in the wider arena of English - and indeed European - politics. This role, and its changes between 1272 and 1540, are the focus of this new book, which draws extensively on archival material both in the United Kingdom and in the Hospitaller archives at Malta. It argues that the Prior's allegiance to the crown was as important as his allegiance to his order, that the relationship between crown and priory was generally cordial and that usually there was no contradiction between service to crown and convent. It demonstrates a general expansion in the public roles of the Hospitaller Prior, not just under the most politically important Priors. It analyses the Priors' interactions with financially important merchants and the terms that three Priors served as treasurers of England. Finally, by revealing how the order lost political control of its estates, it contributes to the broader themes of secularisation and emerging nationalism.
Dr SIMON PHILLIPS is a Research Associate of the University of Cyprus and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. | |
DETAILS
1 line illustrations
Pages: 224
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
13 digit ISBN: 9781843834373
Binding: Hardback
First published: 19/Feb/2009
Price: 95.00 USD / 50.00 GBP
Imprint: Boydell Press
Subject: Medieval History
BIC class: HBLC1
STATUS: Available
Details updated on 03/02/2010
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Contents
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Introduction
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Financier and Treasurer
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A Defender of the Realm
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International Ambassador
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National Statesman
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The Prior and the Secularisation of the Order in England
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Conclusion
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Appendices
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Bibliography
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Reviews
A significant contribution to the histories of the Knights Hospitaller and of England. INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW (Jonathan Riley-Smith)
Provides an important glimpse of the possibilities of an altogether new type of Hospitaller history. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
A close study of documents in the National Archives at Kew as well as of those in the National Library in Malta allows the author to challenge or qualify a number of generalisations made by historians of crusades and military orders about the prior's links with the crown. [...] The study provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the prior's activities in royal service. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY (Alan Forey)
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