With the fall of the Byzantine Empire the Knights Hospitaller occupied the island transforming it into an impregnable fortress which was to withstand many an attack until that of Suleiman the Magnificent. The Knights Hospitaller's later occupied the Kingdom of Sicily and the island of Malta.
Please log in to
consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing
institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on
campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we
offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If
you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal
subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.
46 words
Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Rhodes conquered by the Hospitallers". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9351, accessed 06 May 2024.]
