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Heraldic flagsBanner: The blazon of the shield is applied to the whole surface of a square or a vertically or horizontally oriented rectangular flag. This is the Royal Banner of Scotland, which follows the blazon of the second quarter of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. Although it is the banner of the sovereign, it is widely but incorrectly used today as the national symbol.Fork-tailed pennon: Shown here is that of the Sovereign and Military Order of the Knights of Malta, in heraldic terms gules a cross argent.Standard: The Cross of St. George at the hoist identifies this as English. The profusion of badges, the diagonally placed motto, and the border of alternating tinctures are typical. This is the standard of Sir Henry Stafford, c. 1475. Rhodes, Greece: hospital of the Knights of Rhodes Rhodes, Greece: Palace of the Grand Masters Rhodes, Greece: hospital of the Crusader Knights of Rhodes Hospitallers; Crusades
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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Warfare History Network - Pious Warriors: The Hospitallers of the Crusade. Jul 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Pious Warriors: The Hospitallers of the Crusade. Feb 28, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - The Maltese Islands and the Religious Culture of the Hospitallers: Isolation and Connectivity c.1540s?c.1690s (PDF). Mar 29, 2025
Add new Web site: English Heritage - St John's Commandery. Jan 31, 2025
Add new Web site: English Heritage - St John's Commandery. Jan 31, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Malta - The Dread of Violence and the Lure of Conflict Contrasting Attitudes to Warfare: the Case of the Hospitaller Order of St John (PDF). Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller. Sep 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - « Templars and Hospitallers in the Cities of the West and the Latin East (Twelfth to Thirteenth Centuries) » (PDF). Aug 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Hospitallers. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: L-Università ta' Malta - The sovereign military hospitaller order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta – a general history of the order of Malta (PDF). Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Hospitallers. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Knights Hospitallers of Saint John. Sep 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Knights Hospitallers: Courageous Crusaders of Many Names, Homes, and Roles. May 05, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Knights Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem / Knights of Malta. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Who were the Knights Hospitaller? Dec 23, 2022
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller. Nov 16, 2022
Corrected display issue. Feb 05, 2020
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - Was the Krak des Chevaliers Castle Entrance a Lethal Trap? Feb 15, 2017
Replaced photographs. Aug 07, 2015
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Hospitallers. Jul 29, 2010
Article revised. Jun 10, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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