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CHAPTER VII. | |
1338. | |
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Divisions of class in the Order—Langues—Grand-Master, his position and power—Courts of gard—Bailiffs—Their offices—Adaptation of the Order to change of circumstances—System of management in commanderies—Report on the grand-priory of England in 1338—Lists of commanderies and other estates in the grand- priory
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CHAPTER VIII. | |
1365—1402. | |
Election of Raymond Beranger—Expedition to Alexandria and capture of the town—Election of Heredia—His previous history—He escorts the Pope to Rome—Joins the expedition to Patras—Capture of the town—Heredia falls into the hands of the Turks—His ransom—Schism in the church—Heredia returns to Avignon—His death—Election of Philibert de Naillac—Battle of Nicopolis—Purchase of the Morea—Its subsequent restoration—Timour the Tartar—His overthrow of Bajazet—Loss of Smyrna
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CHAPTER IX. | |
1402—1476. | |
Erection of the fortress of St. Peter at Budrum—Treaty with the sultan of Egypt—Conclusion of the papal schism, and reunion of the Order—Death of de Naillac, and succession of Fluvian—Invasion of Cyprus—Death of Fluvian—Election of Lastic—Descent on Rhodes—Reforms in the Order—Fall of Constantinople—Election of James de Milly—Disputes in the fraternity—Succession of Raymond Zacosta—Formation of an eighth langue.—Erection of Fort Nicholas—Departure of Zacosta for Rome—His death there—Succeeded by Orsini—Fall of Negropont—Preparations for defence at Rhodes—Death of Orsini, and nomination of Peter D’Aubusson
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CHAPTER X. | |
1476—1480. | |
Description of Rhodes—The three renegades—Arrival of the Turkish army at Rhodes—First attack on Fort St. Nicholas—Its failure—Breech opened in the Jews’ quarter—Attempted assassination of the Grand-Master—Second attack on St. Nicholas and its failure—Second advance on the Jews’ quarter—Execution of Maitre Georges—Last assault of the Turks and its repulse—Close of the siege, and embarkation of the Ottoman army
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