Knights of Malta, 1523-1798

Chapter 5

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THE FALL, 1789-1798

Attacks on the Order during the French Revolution--French estates confiscated--Poverty of the Order--Tsar Paul I.--French schemes--Napoleon appears off Malta--Condition of the island--Its capture--Dispersion of the Order

APPENDIX I.

APPENDIX II.

BOOKS CONSULTED

NOTE ON THE AUTHORITIES

KNIGHTS OF MALTA