Louis De Poincy

Histoire naturelle et morale des Iles Antilles de l'Amérique (par Charles de Rochefort et Louis de Poincy)..., Avec vn Vocabulaire Caraïbe (par le P. Breton), (Préf. sign. L. D. P.)

• Author(s): Louis de Loinvilliers de Poincy, Charles de Rochefort (pasteur.)

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1658
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Literature of American Aboriginal Languages ... With Additions and Corrections by Wm. W. Turner. Edited by N. Trübner

• Author(s): Hermann Eduard LUDEWIG

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1858
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• Publisher: Unknown

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THE LITERATURE OF AMERICAN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES

• Author(s): HERMAN E. LUDEWIG

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1858
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• Publisher: Unknown

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A Catalogue of Books, Relating Principally to America

• Author(s): Obadiah Rich

• Categories: America

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1832
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• Publisher: London : O. Rich

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Islands and Military Orders, c.1291-c.1798

• Author(s): Emanuel Buttigieg, Simon Phillips

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2016-05-06
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• Publisher: Routledge

At the heart of this volume is a concern with exploring levels of interaction between two particular objects of study, islands on the one hand, and military orders on the other. According to Fernand Braudel, islands are, ’often brutally’, caught ’between the two opposite poles of archaism and innovation.’ What happened when these particular environments interacted with the Military Orders? The various contributions in this volume address this question from a variety of angles. 1291 was a significant year for the main military orders: uprooted from their foundations in the Holy Land, they took refuge on Cyprus and in the following years found themselves vulnerable to those who questio...