The Symbolic Dimension of Hospitaller Swords

Franco Davies is a graduate in M.A. Hospitaller Studies from the University of Malta, where his research topic was the study of the practical and symbolic dimensions of edged weapons for Hospitallers

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The lecture will explore the personal and public importance of edged weapons in iconography, ritual and fashion for Hospitallers in Malta. The lecture will be held with the support of the Alfred Mizzi Foundation

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