Beata kehrt nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter ins Haus des Vaters zurück. Hier trifft sie auf ihre Grosstante, die ihr einen Schal aus kostbarer Muschelseide schenkt. Sie weiss, dass mit diesem Schal die tragische Vergangenheit ihrer Ahnin Francesca verwoben ist und macht sich auf die S…
Providing a realistic account of the struggle for the possession of Malta during World War II, this history is based on the diaries of Lord David Douglas Hamilton, who was the leader of a Spitfire squadron that defended the island during the worst of the crisis.
This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul…
A thrilling account of the brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe. This struggle's brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malt…
A thrilling account of the brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe. This struggle's brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malt…
A thrilling account of the brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe. This struggle's brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malt…
A thrilling account of the brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe. This struggle's brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malt…
"In this volume, a microhistorical approach is employed to provide a transcription, translation, and case-study of the proceedings (written in Latin, Italian and Arabic) of the Roman Inquisition on Malta's 1605 trial of the 'Moorish' slave Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur, who was ac…
Introduction / Alex Mallett, Dionisius A. Agius and Catherine Rider -- The trial of Sellem bin al-Sheikh Mansur before the Roman Inquisitionon Malta,1605 : transcription and translation / Alex Mallett and Catherine Rider -- TheTrial of Sellem : a microhistorical commentary / Ale…
"In this volume, a microhistorical approach is employed to provide a transcription, translation, and case-study of the proceedings (written in Latin, Italian and Arabic) of the Roman Inquisition on Malta's 1605 trial of the 'Moorish' slave Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur, who was ac…
"In this volume, a microhistorical approach is employed to provide a transcription, translation, and case-study of the proceedings (written in Latin, Italian and Arabic) of the Roman Inquisition on Malta's 1605 trial of the 'Moorish' slave Sellem Bin al-Sheikh Mansur, who was ac…
