The function of hospitaller houses in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Majoros, Christie 2016. The function of hospitaller houses in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

During the medieval period the order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem was one of the oldest, wealthiest and farthest reaching of the crusading military orders. Granted official recognition by Pope Pascal II in 1113, the Order of the Hospital expanded its original vocation of caring for the sick to include a martial function within the Holy Land during the course of the twelfth century. In support of its various activities, the Hospitallers were given vast estates both in the east and in Western Europe from which it drew continual supplies of men, money, equipment and foodstuffs.. This dissertation seeks to expand the current understanding of the activities, nature and function of the military orders generally by providing a study on the estates of the Order of St John in Britain and Ireland, the regions physically farthest from the most active centre of traditional crusade activity, focusing on the period of time from the twelfth to the sixteenth century.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 April 2017
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2020 03:12
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99620

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