Caelius Secundus Curio
Subtitle: his Historie of the warr of Malta : Folger ms. v.a. 508 (formerly ms. add. 588)
By: translated by Thomas Mainwaringe (1579) ; edited by Helen Vella Bonavita.
Contributors: Mainwaringe, Thomas, 16th cent.; Vella Bonavita, Helen.; Folger Shakespeare Library.
Series: Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies -- v. 339; Renaissance English Text Society -- 7th ser., v. 33 (for 2008); Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) -- v. 339.; Renaissance English Text Society (Series) -- v. 33.
Publisher: ACMRS/Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; In conjunction with Renaissance English Text Society; Mrts; Iter Press; ACMRS Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Tempe, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780866983877
Subjects: Malta -- History -- Siege, 1565 -- Sources; Malta -- History -- Siege, 1565 -- Historiography
Genres: Sources.
Other titles: Historie of the warr of Malta; History of the war of Malta
Work titles: De bello Melitensi a Turcis gesto historia nova.
Description: "The successful five-month defense of the island of Malta in 1565 against an Ottoman armada by the Knights of St. John was a remarkable achievement, celebrated across Christendom by Catholic and Protestant alike - once they believed the news. In Latin, Italian, French, German, and finally, English, accounts of the siege proliferated - over seventy publications within five years. Thomas Mainwaringe's account of the siege in English is a translation from Latin and among the earliest accounts of the siege to appear in English (1579). In lively, clear, and sometimes moving prose, Mainwaringe's story celebrates the bravery and 'generalship of the Knights of St. John while deploring the disunity within Christendom that so nearly led to the island's defeat and could yet spell disaster elsewhere."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-112).