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    In 1480 the small Knights Hospitaller garrison of Rhodes withstood an attack of the Ottoman Empire. On 23 May 1480 an Ottoman fleet of 160 ships appeared...
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    L' ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem, l'Empire ottoman et la Méditerranée orientale entre les deux sièges de Rhodes : (1480–1522), Collection Turcica...
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    present in Rhodes during the final siege in 1522. The Bastion of Italy (or Post of Italy) in which the Ottomans had opened a breach in 1480 was rebuilt...
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    Asia Minor. Despite the success of the Hospitallers in the 1480 siege of the island, Rhodes became increasingly isolated from other Christian states. It...
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    expansion, and in 1480 Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror sent an invasion force to Rhodes commanded by Mesih Pasha. In this first Ottoman Siege of Rhodes, the defenders...
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    di Rodi, SEI, Torino 1954. Eric Brockman, The Two Sieges of Rhodes: The Knights of St John at War 1480-1522, Barnes & Noble 1995. Giulio Jacopi, Lo Spedale...
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  • Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello (Greek: Καστέλο, from Italian: Castello, "castle"), is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island...
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    In the summer of 1480, the Ottoman Empire invaded southern Italy, and laid siege to Otranto, finally capturing it on 11 August. This was their first outpost...
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    during the Siege of Rhodes in 1480. He wrote his Account of the Siege of Rhodes, which is included in the history by John Taaffe. The Histoire de Pierre d'Aubusson...
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    Lepanto Battle of Preveza List of Ottoman sieges and landings List of sieges Siege of Rhodes (1480) Siege of Rhodes (1522) Toni Bajada Grand Harbour of Malta...
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    Foulques de Villaret, executed the plan to take Rhodes, and on 15 August 1310, after more than four years of campaigning, the city of Rhodes surrendered...
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    of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and a siege by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1480. Eventually, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the...
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  • Jacques Bardoul (category Rhodes under the Knights Hospitaller)
    knight, belonging to the order of Saint John of Jerusalem, defender of Rhodes in 1480 under the orders of the Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson. Jacques Bardoul...
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    The Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes took place in 1306–1310. The Knights Hospitaller, led by Grand Master Foulques de Villaret, landed on the island in...
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    the siege of Candia (in Crete) in 1668 François de Beaufort, who died there Philippe de Montaut-Bénac, marshal under the duke of Beaufort Philippe de Vendôme...
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    Rhodes), was vice-chancellor of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, or Knights Hospitaller. He was an eye-witness to the siege of Rhodes in 1480, an...
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    the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni...
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    Taaffe 1852, pp. 53–67, Siege of Rhodes, 1480. Gibbon 1870, pp. 133–160, The Siege of Rhodes. Lee, Sidney (1886). "Caius, John (fl. 1480)". In Dictionary of...
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  • (1480–81) Siege of Rhodes (1480) – First siege of Rhodes Sieges of Otranto (1480–1481) Siege of Fellin (1481) – Russian-Livonian War (1480–81) Siege of...
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    1503 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Nicolas (1994). L'Ordre de Saint-Jean-de Jérusalem, l'Empire ottoman et la Méditerranée orientale entre les deux sièges de Rhodes, 1480-1522 (in French). Peeters...
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    were mainly large calibre, muzzle-loading artillery pieces used during sieges to shoot round stone projectiles at the walls of enemy fortifications, enabling...
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    Vatin (1994). L'ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem. L'empire ottoman et la Mediterranee orientale entre les deux sieges de Rhodes (1480-1522) ISBN 90-6831-632-X...
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  • Second Edition, Ed. P. Bearman, et al. Taaffe 1852, pp. 53–67, Siege of Rhodes, 1480. Housley 1992, pp. 111–112, Crusade to recover Otranto. Setton 1976a...
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    Our Lady of Philermos (category Medieval Rhodes)
    of Rhodes in 1306/1310. Her fame is due to miracles attributed to her intercession, primarily in the Siege of Rhodes (1480). After the loss of Rhodes in...
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    after the lengthy siege of Shkodra (1478–79). In 1480, now no longer hampered by the Venetian fleet, the Ottomans besieged Rhodes and captured Otranto...
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  • The Genoese occupation of Rhodes refers to the period between 1248 and late 1249/early 1250 during which the city of Rhodes and parts of the namesake...
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    1500s (decade) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Nicolas (1994). L'Ordre de Saint-Jean-de Jérusalem, l'Empire ottoman et la Méditerranée orientale entre les deux sièges de Rhodes, 1480-1522 (in French). Peeters...
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  • by papal galleys. Siege of Rhodes. The Siege of Rhodes (1480). In 1480, an Ottoman fleet unsuccessfully began the siege of Rhodes. The Ottoman army under...
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  • l'Empire ottoman et la Méditerranée orientale entre les deux sièges de Rhodes (1480-1522), Louvain-Paris, Peeters, 1994, 571 p. (traduction turque parue...
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    Pierre d'Aubusson (category Rhodes under the Knights Hospitaller)
    Sultan Mehmed II began to threaten Europe. In May 1480 a large Ottoman fleet appeared before Rhodes, carrying an invading army of some 100,000 men under...
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