The Art of Negotiating An Existence: Power, Faith, Society & The Order Of St John

The Art of Negotiating An Existence: Power, Faith, Society & The Order Of St John

This illustrated volume brings together twenty-two original studies exploring the history, art, spirituality, and legacy of the Order of St John in Malta, across the Mediterranean, and beyond. Written by established historians and emerging scholars, it offers new perspectives on familiar episodes while revealing lesser-known dimensions of the Hospitaller world, from fortifications, diplomacy, and faith to medicine, material culture, and everyday life.

Drawing on unpublished archival sources and novel interpretations, the chapters examine how the Order shaped, and was shaped by, the diverse societies it encountered. Scholarly in method yet accessible for everyone, this collection combines academic depth with maps, works of art, and other material that enrich and support the narratives, contributing substantively to Hospitaller and Maltese historiography.

By: Noel Buttigieg, Dane Munro, George Cassar

Format: paperback, hardback

No of pages: 270