num_pages: 184
description: The Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem were the last of the crusaders. Having been driven from the Holy Land by militant Islamic forces and then pushed from Cyprus, the Knights seized the island of Rhodes from the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus in 1310. The Knights ruled Rhodes for 212 years. Eventually the island and its city were besieged, unsuccessfully by Ottoman ruler Mehmet II in 1480, and then captured by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522. Their eviction from Rhodes after the valorous defense of the island led the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to present the order with the island of Malta. Eric Brockman has tried to “set the two principal scenes against their background in time” by using first-hand accounts and standard authorities in several languages.
language: English
title: The Two Sieges of Rhodes, 1480-1522
titlecomplete: The Two Sieges of Rhodes, 1480-1522
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Transatlantic Arts