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E. D. Renwick.
A Short History of the Order of St. John.
Published London: The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 1959 reprint (previously issued 1958).
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by the Swindon Press.
Size: 139x216x4mm.
Page count: 84pp inc. 7 pages of illustrations and 2 maps, plus 1 foldout map, all monochrome, and a colour frontispiece.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the pages on this copy are yellowed with age; otherwise looks in generally good order; covers not too heavily worn, spine a little wrinkled during manufacture, but not creased from reading, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £5.00
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 129g.

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Emphasis not exclusively medieval. Contents: Origin & foundation of the Order; Hospitallers in the Holy Land; Knights of Rhodes; Knights of Malta; The Order in England in the Middle Ages & the Priory of Clerkenwell; Revival of the Order in the British realm; Foundations & work of the Order.

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See also | Crusades | Knights Hospitaller |

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