The Great Siege of Malta, 1565

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[@mifflet]

Greetings from Malta! now settling down to listen to your podcast!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Greetings! Thanks for listening!

[@renesarabia6442]

Real Crusades History Can you do a video on the Abyssinian-Adal war involving Portugal and the Ottomans? In it, the Portuguese helped the Christian Ethiopians from a combined Somali and Ottoman invasion. I guess it's a crusade since it helped defend Christians.

[@merlball8520]

Rene Sarabia , Interesting. Yet another campaign I had not formerly researched. Thank you for bringing it up.

[@clarencepsaila4743]

Hi from Malta! A nice intro, during the various battles over the 3 month Siege , the Ottomans made several strategic errors, and the Knights made some important "sacrifices" - I think a more detailed video can really explore the topic because there is an incredible amount of depth of what we know. There are surviving family lines of Maltese who had worked together with the Knights to defeat the Ottomans, and it was seen as a Maltese Victory - not a Knights Victory. We even have some remaining items from the time, handed on generation after generation to these families!

[@rock0795]

I recommend to anyone interested in this siege to read Ernle Bradford's " The Great Siege: Malta 1565" it's very good.

[@sirharryflashman9740]

Dear Sir, please read the great siege of Malta 1565 by Francisco Balbi de corregio. And the two sieges of Rhodes by Eric brockman and do visit both island's.

[@paulraymond1032]

Yep awsome book well worth a read...

[@silviobezzina6286]

Actually the end came on the 8th September. We call it Victory Day. The same date also commemorates the end of Word War II in Malta.

[@victorpulis5113]

the 8th September was when the siege was lifted. the Turks left on the 13th of September after the last running battle of is-Salini near St. Paul's bay.

[@belvedere416]

I'ver been waiting long for this. Thanks!

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Also felt that the Hospitallers were unjustly over shadowed by the Templars.

[@legionxiii8055]

Anthony Hargis Yeah, the Hospitallers are the only 'major' crusading order still alive today. The Templars got disbanded by the Pope and King of France and the Teutonic Order turned protestant by forming the Duchy of Prussia. The Knights Hospitaller were the ones who survived the Ayyubids, the Ottomans two times and Napoleon, they do not get as much credit and many of the 'DEUS VULT' internet crusaders seem to focus only on the Templars.

[@anthonyhargis6855]

+Legion XIII The Templars live on because people today think there's some kind of mystery still surrounding them and their supposed treasure. Personally, I don't buy into that myth. Also, their "fight till you're dead" mantra only seems to have gotten them summarily executed when they lost a fight. It never got the Saracens to actually stop fighting them.

[@ww12tt]

I actually think there still is a teutonic order, with an italian as grand master. I also think he is catholic, so it does exist in some catholic form

[@anthonyhargis6855]

+ww12tt Not to mention the fact that the Masons claim a relationship.

[@ww12tt]

But doesn't the Masons also claim a relationship with the templar order, or at least in past connection?

[@calebgoodson7720]

I devour anything concerning the history of the Knights of the Hospital. Great stuff.

[@bear499]

Finally i've been waiting for so long.

[@miroslavyordanov9611]

Awesome video !!Keep up the great work .

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@braemtes23]

Love this. Please, more on the Siege of Malta.

[@merlball8520]

This is a subject that I was not formerly very familiar with. Thank you very much for covering this subject matter. It's something I'm going to have to research myself now.

[@chrishawkins5371]

I think you have to link the success at Malta with Lepanto; without Malta probably no Lepanto.

[@victorpulis5113]

Malta contributed only five galleys to the Holy league and one of them (the only Christian galley in fact) was captured by the Ottomans and later released but its banner was taken to Constantinople and displayed there.

[@paulopettoruti7030]

Very Nice vídeo , keep the good job.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

September 11th? Hmmmm....awfully familiar date.

[@thegamaman]

That date keeps coming up.

[@merlball8520]

thegamaman , There were historians on a Glen Beck produced show who discussed the importance of that date to Islam. I don't remember the significance myself, however.

[@victorpulis5113]

the last ottoman ship left on 13th September actually.

[@sirharryflashman9740]

read. ..the two sieges of Rhodes. By Eric Brockman. read the great siege of Malta 1565. first person singular, by Francisco Balbi de corregio, first published in Spain 1568, they have a copy of the original in the Malta library. ...Deu le vau 👍

[@victorpulis5113]

I read all of them and I also produced a graphic novel with over 380 illustrations depicting the story of the siege from the preparations in Constantinople to the departure of the Ottoman fleet from Malta

[@galahadthreepwood]

Thanks for the education

[@iroquoisplissken3583]

I'm digging the theme song.

[@tacticalpasta6691]

Hey. I've just watched your video about best books about the crusades but i didn't find "The History of Crusades" trilogy by Steven Runciman which i happened to read. Can you let me know what do you think about it? Great vid btw.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks! Steven Runciman has been largely discredited by present scholars. He was not an objective researcher, and was heavily biased against the Latin West and in favor of Islam and Byzantium. He allowed his hatred of the West to influence his writing, and thus his accounts are dishonest about the history of the Crusades. He strives to paint the Crusaders in a negative light, and ignores any evidence that contradicts his bias.

[@tacticalpasta6691]

Real Crusades History It's hard not to agree with you there. Runciman's anti-west sentiment is easily noticeable in some points of the book, however i can't really judge since my knowledge is too tiny in this matter. All i can say is Runciman's trilogy made me really interested in the history of crusades thanks to Runciman's compelling style of writing. Btw it would be awesome if you could make a video about king David of Georgia in times of Crusades. He was certainly one of the most powerful christian rulers in the east.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Yeah, Runciman is pretty much universally reviled among historians today. Every time we've had an historian from a major university on our podcast and Runciman comes up they always cringe.

[@merlball8520]

Tactical Pasta , I agree with Real Crusades History on Runciman. I also share your interest in King David of Georgia. That would be interesting to hear about.

[@1stREMESquaddie]

My ancient little island home.

[@elmexicano8664]

Does anybody agree with me that maybe the St. John Order was better than Templars.

[@bluetone1418]

Not about being better ,the different orders had different roles and strengths

[@kurts4867]

Caravaggio, the enigmatic Italian artist was commissioned to paint a portrait of a Malta Knight . Caravaggio was not a prolific painter.... Forgive me if this has been done but much is known about the Templars and who could join and how, initiation rites, rules etc. How did a person become a Hospitaller ??

[@eteline_music]

Kurt S Carvaggio was extremely well connected. High church connections probably swung it for him when he was on the run for murder.

[@kurts4867]

Was he?? I love how he paints using shadow and darkness. I believe he was called " the master of shadow" i.e. painting with a black background. There is an Italian name for that technique which I can't remember

[@eteline_music]

Kurt S Yeah, he was a absolute genius IMO, a true freak of nature in the best sense. He's my favourite painter :) Anthony (?) Graham-Dixon's book on him is very interesting.

[@victorpulis5113]

@@kurts4867 chiaro scuro. In Malta we have the biggest work by Caravaggio and the only one signed by him. it's the beheading of St,.John and the signature s formed out of the blood oozing out of St. John's neck! it can be seen in St. John's co cathedral in Valletta. google it.

[@AdmiralTypeZero]

greeting from turkey, i happened to read crusades by thomas asbridge, what do you think about it? i think its very objective as he gives both sides sources and modern estimates. I felt like he never takes sides he just delivers what happened

[@Jinseual]

Hello Real Crusades History did you ever consider doing a collaboration with other KZbinrs to increase your popularity? There is BazBattles, Sargon of Akkad, Shadiversity, Skallagrim and Metatron. BazBattles makes an animated history of battlefields while Sargon of Akkad talks about current day politics ( he's the most popular and I think the one to pay off if you did manage to contact him ) While the other channels talk about history and medieval life ( though not all the time ) You ought to check them out.

[@sarrumac]

Computing forever too. I like to see how this atheist is switching back to christianity... He would love this.

[@dingereelamta2101]

Interesting vid.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@lunafringe10]

Spain had an Austrian King.., an infant from the Habsburg Monarchy, He owned Naples

[@Daimon-X]

Gloria Victoribus

[@vjorp5332]

That's late long after the Middle Ages.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Not really. Just a century or so.

[@vjorp5332]

In my opinion that's quite long. Anyway if we see that Holy Orders existed that late into history. (even later in case of templars) Was there any notable Knight Orders activity in the new world? it seems to me just kinda playsible the Warrior Monks with a Crusading history would be keen on joining the Christianisation/conquest of the new world.

[@heathermcfarlane6164]

The First Aid service, called the "Knights of St John"/ St Johns Ambulance" is all over the world.

[@thegallo-romangentleman7809]

The date cutoffss we associate with the middle ages are somewhat artificial. 1565 predates the revolution in mathematics and physical scienes. It also predates rifle-predominant warfare. These are but two markers of the early modern era out of the many which were absent in 1565. So I do consider it as a medieval event more so than an early modern one. In any case, it's a moot point since it still counts as a crusade battle. As does the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

[@thegallo-romangentleman7809]

+John BALKANS, to be more precise. Old Illyria, Old Daco-Thracia, and Greece. Pannonia was never firmly in their hands for significant stretches of time. Nor were Poland, Ruthenia, Bohemia or ethnic Russian territories.

[@nathanenglish7163]

Long live, God, holy love

[@mohammedzulk8485]

True the hospitalers put many Muslims in hospitals.

[@kurts4867]

Seems like the Hospitallers were "better" than the other religious fighting orders... More ethical??

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

You've been watching Kingdom of Heaven, haven't you? They were all equally ethical and morally righteous, according to the moral ideals of their time period.

[@kurts4867]

Guilty yes of watching Kingdom of Heaven ..... the Templars sure seemed more warlike and mean though...

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Kingdom of Heaven is nothing but an ahistorical hit job on the Christians. It's totally historically inaccurate. The Templars were no more "warlike and mean" than Saladin himself.

[@merlball8520]

Real Crusades History , Not all the orders were equal, any more than individual humans or cultures were/are equal. Long before "Kingdom of Heaven" came out I had been researching the Crusades, and had come to the conclusion that the Knights Hospitaller were the best in terms of consistently adhering to Christian values. And the Teutonic knights do deserve a somewhat harsher - less morally consistent - reputation. "Kingdom of Heaven" was utter garbage in many ways, and had a net negative effect, but it's irrelevant to having a rational critical perspective on the merits of the various knightly orders. Especially as an informed Christian.

[@couchpotato4377]

I think they played better with some of the factions that ended up writing the contemporary accounts. William of Tyre was a lot more favorably disposed towards them during the early Crusades than he was towards the Templars. He wrote during the years preceding and following the fall of Jerusalem. The impression I took away was that Hospitallers were more inclined to follow the lead of the early Kings of Jerusalem, and adhere to temporary truces and alliances with neighboring Muslims; while Templars were firmly opposed to such truces and alliances in all circumstances. The criticism was not of their ethics, nor skill, but rather their level of pragmatism. That only accounted for a small section of time though, long before the siege of Malta.