The 1522 Siege of Rhodes: Causes, Course and Consequences

This collection of essays explores such question as why Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Rhodes, what made the 1522 siege successful, and how the Rhodian population, the Knights Hospitaller, the Eastern and Western Mediterranean and Europe in general were affected by the loss of Rhodes.

Author: Simon Phillips
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/29/2024
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780367723828

About the Author

Simon David Phillips is a research fellow in late medieval and early modern history at the University of Cyprus. His main research interests are on the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes, ecclesiastical history, and the history of islands. His publications include the monograph The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England and, with Emanuel Buttigieg, the collected volume Islands and Military Orders, c. 1291-c.1798. In 2013, he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Malta in the Spring semester on the Hospitaller Studies Masters course. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.