“Who exactly were these Knights of Malta? I think they’re something to do with the Crusades, and you can pick up tiny knight statues in just about every tourist shop in the country, but where did the come from, and…
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This is a continuation of a very compressed history of Malta. Here’s part one.Now where were we? Okay, in 1530, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V decided to give the islands to the Knights of Malta, and all he asked was…
