Coins of the Grand Masters of the Order of Malta or Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem: With a Chapter on the Money of the Crusaders (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Coins of the Grand Masters of the Order of Malta or Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem: With a Chapter on the Money of the Crusaders<br><br>S soon as the Order of Knights Hospitallers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem became a sovereign power it began to strike coins. This occurred A. D. 1309 when these soldiers of the cross took possession of the Island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea and set up a political government of their own. While they remained at Jerusalem up to A. D.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.