Knights Hospitalers — Knights Hospitalers, a powerful military order of monks of the period of the Crusades and afterward … Useful english dictionary
Knights Hospitalers. — See under Hospitaler (def. 1). * * * … Universalium
Knights Hospitalers. — See under Hospitaler (def. 1) … Useful english dictionary
Valletta — /veuh let euh/, n. a seaport in and the capital of Malta, on the NE coast. 14,049. * * * Seaport city (pop., 1999 est.: 7,100), capital of Malta. It is located on a rocky promontory with harbours on either side. Built after the Great Siege of… … Universalium
Greece, history of — ▪ Byzantine to modern Introduction history of the area from the Byzantine (Byzantine Empire) period, beginning about AD 300, to the present. For earlier periods, see Aegean civilizations; ancient Greek civilization; and Hellenistic Age.… … Universalium
Vittoriosa — ▪ Malta town, eastern Malta, one of the Three Cities (the others being Cospicua and Senglea). It is situated on a small peninsula, just south of Valletta across Grand Harbour. One of the most important towns in medieval Malta, in 1530 it… … Universalium
Catholicity in Canada — Catholicity in Canada † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Catholicity in Canada The subject will be treated under three headings: I. Period of French domination, from the discovery of Canada to the Treaty of Paris, in 1763; II. Period… … Catholic encyclopedia
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Bayt Jibrin — Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine name=Bayt Jibrin imgsize=250 caption=Ruins of Bayt Jibrin in 2005 arname=بيت جبرين meaning= altSp=Beit Jibrin, Beit Guvrin, Beth Giblin district=hb population=2,430 popyear=1945 area=56,185 areakm=56.2… … Wikipedia
Commanderie Du Mas Deu — 42°36′26.44″N 02°50′12.98″E / 42.6073444, 2.8369389 … Wikipédia en Français