The Knights at the time of the siege ammounted to about 550, with about a third of them over the age of 55, which at the time was considered to be old, much of the fighting was done by the Maltese and mostly Italian and Spanish mercineries, the Maltese lost about half of the male population of the islands, The barrel chested men of Malta (as Ernle Bradford rightly describes their stature in his book, The Great Siege of Malta, 1565) are of Mediterrenean temprement, friendly but ferocious and tough when it comes to defend their families, their religion and their country.
God Bless Malta. God Bless The Maltese Nation. No wonder they won the George Cross Medal, after WWII. I have been there twice and visited all those sites mentioned above. Courtesy of my long time penfriend, Ms M Azzopardi. since 1970. Maltese are very nice and friendly people. I admire them. a lot. The churches there are simply sublime. God Bless you forever People of Malta. I bow to you. Greetings from Mauritius.
Respect god bless the king of Mediterranean and Atlantic side until Island ! Algiers was the capital of all Mediterranean ! The best Marine and ships war of all the world !
At 45:50 the dramatic painting shown is the Battle of Acre, not the Battle of Malta; hence the Crusader cross. OK that peevish statement said, your presentation was riveting. Great story; I had to sit through the entire thing. Thank you very much. Awesome.
Not the only mistake. The guy at 13:00 is not Mustafa Pasha, the commander of the Osman forces at Malta, but the commander at the siege of Vienna in 1683, who happened to have the same name. Was more than 100 years later, though.
Go there friend, Visit Mdina, Mostar...etc. they did make movies. latest state of the art videos where you can experience The Great Siege of Malta. Available in most major languages.
We Are Talking About The Big Screen for All Around the World To View ! I Just Arrive from Malta After 7 Months , I Love The Island I Was Born There ...
Yes there should be a movie the true facts should be told about Malta...beuttefull country Malta....we fought with the British side by side .and now we can't even get a British passports....I friend whose Maltese has been in England for 51yeara and refused him an English passport ..and many Maltese people who made England there home are refused English passports...... disgusting...???
I agree a Docu Drama, like ''The Siege of Vienna'' It is unbelievable that a 72 Years old Hero Called: Jean Parisot de Valette stood frontline in Combat and managed (while being wounded) to hold the Ottomans back. As the Abbe de Brantome described him, "He was a very handsome man, tall, calm and unemotional, speaking several languages fluently-Italian, Spanish, Greek Arabic and Turkish". The last two languages he had learned when, suffering a fate not uncommon in those days, he had been captured and made a Turkish galley-slave, It was in action against the corsair Abd-ur-Rahman Kust Aly in 1541 that Valette was badly wounded and lost his ship, the galley San Giovanni. For a year he lived and survived in this terrible world of the galley slave. Only an exchange of prisoners between the Order and the corsairs of the Barbary coast secured his release.
Hey just a general question: how come when I want to buy something on keepthefaith.org it says that the "index was outside the bounds of the array"? What does that mean? anyone know?
The Janissary were taken from christian families by force, castrated, forced to convert and then given military training to form a slave army. They were shock troops and they were effective, but they were also seen as disposable and if they suffered heavy losses the Turks attitude was that it was no big deal as they were just enslaved Christians to begin with.
Janissaries were originally Christian boys, they were taken from families by force at about age 6 and raised as Muslim warriors. They were not, however, castrated - for one, that would be stupid in that it would prevent the muscular development necessary for warriors, and two, it is an established fact that once retired, they could (and did) marry and have families.
it actually depended on the what the slave child was ment for. if he was to serve as elite body guard for palaces or harems they were castrated. or otherwise there genitals were mutilated in an unconventional circumcision as a standard for all,its hard to breed with a lil nub dick and marks for life them if they ran away. plus there purpose wasn't to be strong but to be quick and nimble with a scimitar.
@@stevenmike1878 you're confusing janissaries with eunuchs. the Janissaries were not taken by force. at first christian families did object to their children being taken away but in time the families used to even bribe the turkish officials to take their children because being a janissary opened many doors for promotion.in fact several gran viziers started their political life as janissaries.
No Nathan never Jannissaire was international army converted ! In the Harem of the Pacha they have many beautiful women to enjoy him and there a man castred to stay with them when the Pacha is not there ! In Algiers my town there was many descendants Othomans and Janissaires because the majority never leave Algeria ! Algiers was the owner of all Méditerranée and Atlantic side until Island and Irland ! They were really big boss ! Respect form them !
The picture is a mirrored version of the painting called 'The Hospitalier Master Mathieu de Clermont defending the walls in 1291' by Dominique Papety (1815-1849).
the 'forest' is called Buskett a very small forested area nothing like the huge European forests. Malta is bare and mostly infertile. the island had to import grain from Sicily to provide for its population. nd that was one of the advantages for the besieged since the Ottomans couldn't live off the land.
I wish we could manage to admire the courage of the Knights at this battle without the religious bigotry? Maybe more of the attitude of Grand Master de L'Isle-Adam and Sultan Suleiman. The Knights fought Suleiman to a standstill, neither side could prevail. They came to an honorable agreement, the Knights to leave with full honors and their arms. With the battle just over, Suleiman wanted to tour the city, and de L'Isle-Adam promised him safe-conduct. Suleiman went without his bodyguard force, over their strenuous protests. His reply to them speaks volumes of his faith, and Grand Master de L'Isle-Adam's reputation: "The Grand Master of the Knights of St. John has guaranteed my safety. That is worth more than any bodyguard."
MA TE martin looser cooperated with the muslims to defeat the Church but guess what? God's Word must be full filled "The forces of evil won't overcome her " Gotta love my catholic faith!
Why would God the Creator, if you think there is a God or a Creator, if He didn't give us humans a Way to Him, a true religion? The very word, "religio" in Latin means to bind again! This modern cynicism toward religion presumes there is no such thing as a true religion, and presumes that everyone involved in it is a hypocrite, and out for his own gain. History does not support this view.Just to mention one example, what of the many Roman Empire martyrs who never gained a dime by being 'executed?'There will always be Judas,' but what of the many who are not? How could any religion except the true one gain monetarily by death? RQ .
Trying to persuade and convince, out of compassion, is one thing. What I object to is the hatred and bigotry that often accompany polemics. And in answer to your original reply (the one that landed in my email), yes I do believe in democracy. I also believe in the rights highlighted in the Declaration of Independence and specified in the U.S. Constitution. A democracy limited by those rights, rights even a majority cannot violate, is the best form of government this world has ever seen, or ever will see.
Mr. Davies seems to have lifted the greater mass of his presentation completely from the excellent book by Ernle Bradford.Less enthusiasm,more work perhaps.
The ottomans were fighting under several disadvantages. They were a thousand miles from Constantinople, Malta is a bare, infertile island which could not support the local population let alone a large army, The Ottomans had a deadline before Winter set in. The besieged were fighting from behind bastions which would have reduced the Turkish numerical superiority greatly hence the huge number of casualties. Sicily was just 60 miles away and the Turks were constantly worried about a Christian relief. The Turks' biggest mistake and which cost them the siege was their failure to blockade St. Elmo. it is inconcievable how they could have made such a blunder. The fort was continuously resupplied with fresh soldiers and ammunition and food from fort St.Angelo across the harbour. this cost the Turks thousands of troops until Dragut built a battery which stopped all reinforcements. that was the death knell for the fort but by then the ottomans had lost too many men.
I am not a Catholic, nor even conventionally religious. But I find the narrator's enthusiasm for the slaughters he describes a little worrying. What do these massacres have to do with the teachings of Christ? "Love your enemies", anyone? "Do good to those who despitefully use you"? One of the reasons I find it impossible to join any church. No doubt believers would reply that it was for the defence of the Church - but isn't the Church supposed to live by the teachings of its Founder? A bit troubling really. And as others have commented, this lecture is taken almost verbatim from Bradford's superb account.
Medieval Christianity was a combination of Christ's teachings with the Germanic War spirit. Psalm 97:10 reminds us that we ought to HATE evil. Christianity is about peace but is also rational. These iron men and saints loved God and his Church and we were willing to give their lives in service to Him. Men like the ones described in this story no longer exist and I think it is a shame. I love what the Knights fought for and if the men on the ramparts at St. Elmo didn't have the lust for battle that they did, there would have been no West, no Christendom. Your life, your liberties wouldn't exist if Islam had won that day. So I do understand his enthusiasm.
"What do these massacres have to do with the teachings of Christ? "Love your enemies", anyone?" Jesus did not found his Church just to let his faithful stand there and be massacred until the Church no longer existed. "Then said he (Jesus) unto them: But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip; and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword." [Luke 22:36] "Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword." [Mathew 10:34]
@@bohemond1054 they not only had lust for battle but also hate. just as much as muslims had hate for christians war thrives on hate. and religions foment this hate. when christianity became the formal religion of the roman empire it turned from persecuted to persecutor and started to treat non Christians the same way it was treated by Rome. the players just changed roles.
ptoleme D there were 2 seiges. this one and the next in 1789 via napoleon. Napoleon's had greater ramifications to our life today. In fact the Catholic church changed forever because of him. To understand Napoleon is to understand history.
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These stories reinforce my faith. Thank you my friend
Vrilwizard, based.
The Knights at the time of the siege ammounted to about 550, with about a third of them over the age of 55, which at the time was considered to be old, much of the fighting was done by the Maltese and mostly Italian and Spanish mercineries, the Maltese lost about half of the male population of the islands, The barrel chested men of Malta (as Ernle Bradford rightly describes their stature in his book, The Great Siege of Malta, 1565) are of Mediterrenean temprement, friendly but ferocious and tough when it comes to defend their families, their religion and their country.
God Bless Malta. God Bless The Maltese Nation. No wonder they won the George Cross Medal, after WWII. I have been there twice and visited all those sites mentioned above. Courtesy of my long time penfriend, Ms M Azzopardi. since 1970. Maltese are very nice and friendly people. I admire them. a lot. The churches there are simply sublime. God Bless you forever People of Malta. I bow to you. Greetings from Mauritius.
Respect god bless the king of Mediterranean and Atlantic side until Island ! Algiers was the capital of all Mediterranean ! The best Marine and ships war of all the world !
At 45:50 the dramatic painting shown is the Battle of Acre, not the Battle of Malta; hence the Crusader cross. OK that peevish statement said, your presentation was riveting. Great story; I had to sit through the entire thing. Thank you very much. Awesome.
Not the only mistake. The guy at 13:00 is not Mustafa Pasha, the commander of the Osman forces at Malta, but the commander at the siege of Vienna in 1683, who happened to have the same name. Was more than 100 years later, though.
Fantastic reading/presentation. I am going to look into the whole 5 part series on the Crusades now.
Eternal Rest Grant Unto These Great Martyrs of Malta,O Lord.
I remembering hearing this story when I was a kid. It truly is an unbelievable story.
Large parts of the documentary are taken word for word from Ernle Bradford's book The great Siege 1565.
They Should Make A Movie Of The Siege ! Like They Did The Vikings etc , Not Just Documentary ...?
Go there friend, Visit Mdina, Mostar...etc. they did make movies. latest state of the art videos where you can experience The Great Siege of Malta. Available in most major languages.
We Are Talking About The Big Screen for All Around the World To View ! I Just Arrive from Malta After 7 Months , I Love The Island I Was Born There ...
Yes there should be a movie the true facts should be told about Malta...beuttefull country Malta....we fought with the British side by side .and now we can't even get a British passports....I friend whose Maltese has been in England for 51yeara and refused him an English passport ..and many Maltese people who made England there home are refused English passports...... disgusting...???
Anil RB yuyy
I agree a Docu Drama, like ''The Siege of Vienna''
It is unbelievable that a 72 Years old Hero Called: Jean Parisot de Valette stood frontline in Combat and managed (while being wounded) to hold the Ottomans back.
As the Abbe de Brantome described him, "He was a very handsome man, tall, calm and unemotional, speaking several languages fluently-Italian, Spanish, Greek Arabic and Turkish". The last two languages he had learned when, suffering a fate not uncommon in those days, he had been captured and made a Turkish galley-slave, It was in action against the corsair Abd-ur-Rahman Kust Aly in 1541 that Valette was badly wounded and lost his ship, the galley San Giovanni. For a year he lived and survived in this terrible world of the galley slave. Only an exchange of prisoners between the Order and the corsairs of the Barbary coast secured his release.
What a great preparation for my malta trip.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Back in the days where men were MEN!
I know it’s wrong to say today, but I just gotta agree!
From Texas remember the Alamo and Fort Saint Alemo! Never forget and never surrender.
Geoffrey I remember the movie as a young girl I cried and cried such bravery.God Bless
Respect for Autochtones in US !
What an upload! Thank!
Neither Muslim nor Nazi could vanquish. Maltese Loyal Bravehearts under St Paul's and Our Ladies protection
malta was under muslim arab rule for centuries including spain and portugal they were called moors
@@hussainashraf5179 that was before Maltese existed
Sir Please Write A Screen Play for A 4hr + series For PBS / or HBO etc.. the Western Masses Need to know this History ?
Very engaging. Thanks.
Thanks for posting.
to think this was recorded over 400 years ago...
Well Narrated,it was very informative about our Christian heritage.
Proud to have some Maltese blood in me
Hey just a general question: how come when I want to buy something on keepthefaith.org it says that the "index was outside the bounds of the array"? What does that mean? anyone know?
Templar bringing a new meaning to the term “armchair general”
The Janissary were taken from christian families by force, castrated, forced to convert and then given military training to form a slave army. They were shock troops and they were effective, but they were also seen as disposable and if they suffered heavy losses the Turks attitude was that it was no big deal as they were just enslaved Christians to begin with.
Janissaries were originally Christian boys, they were taken from families by force at about age 6 and raised as Muslim warriors. They were not, however, castrated - for one, that would be stupid in that it would prevent the muscular development necessary for warriors, and two, it is an established fact that once retired, they could (and did) marry and have families.
it actually depended on the what the slave child was ment for. if he was to serve as elite body guard for palaces or harems they were castrated. or otherwise there genitals were mutilated in an unconventional circumcision as a standard for all,its hard to breed with a lil nub dick and marks for life them if they ran away. plus there purpose wasn't to be strong but to be quick and nimble with a scimitar.
@@stevenmike1878 you're confusing janissaries with eunuchs. the Janissaries were not taken by force. at first christian families did object to their children being taken away but in time the families used to even bribe the turkish officials to take their children because being a janissary opened many doors for promotion.in fact several gran viziers started their political life as janissaries.
No Nathan never Jannissaire was international army converted ! In the Harem of the Pacha they have many beautiful women to enjoy him and there a man castred to stay with them when the Pacha is not there ! In Algiers my town there was many descendants Othomans and Janissaires because the majority never leave Algeria ! Algiers was the owner of all Méditerranée and Atlantic side until Island and Irland ! They were really big boss ! Respect form them !
Good response Victor ! Nathan confuse with onucck. !
9:56 That is William of Orange and Nassau, not Charles V of Habsburg.
Well Done Sir !!
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my son and I are trying to find a print of the picture at 23:12. anyone know anything about the painting?
The picture is a mirrored version of the painting called 'The Hospitalier Master Mathieu de Clermont defending the walls in 1291' by Dominique Papety (1815-1849).
@ Thank you!
I think 1566. battle of Siget deserves to be mention the battle that saved vienna. Heroic battle like alemo
The Alamo!
The attacks on Birgu and Isla were left our, which were as intense and deadly as st Elmo
The English knights were banned ?
Laudate Dominum rex nostrum!
Viva Christo Rey
First I heard barren then I heard that the grand master died in the forrest hunting later
the 'forest' is called Buskett a very small forested area nothing like the huge European forests. Malta is bare and mostly infertile. the island had to import grain from Sicily to provide for its population. nd that was one of the advantages for the besieged since the Ottomans couldn't live off the land.
Glorious.
new zeland shooting bought me there, Malta 1565 was written on his gun
I wish we could manage to admire the courage of the Knights at this battle without the religious bigotry? Maybe more of the attitude of Grand Master de L'Isle-Adam and Sultan Suleiman. The Knights fought Suleiman to a standstill, neither side could prevail. They came to an honorable agreement, the Knights to leave with full honors and their arms. With the battle just over, Suleiman wanted to tour the city, and de L'Isle-Adam promised him safe-conduct. Suleiman went without his bodyguard force, over their strenuous protests. His reply to them speaks volumes of his faith, and Grand Master de L'Isle-Adam's reputation: "The Grand Master of the Knights of St. John has guaranteed my safety. That is worth more than any bodyguard."
MA TE martin looser cooperated with the muslims to defeat the Church but guess what?
God's Word must be full filled "The forces of evil won't overcome her "
Gotta love my catholic faith!
Why would God the Creator, if you think there is a God or a Creator, if He didn't give us humans a Way to Him, a true religion? The very word, "religio" in Latin means to bind again! This modern cynicism toward religion presumes there is no such thing as a true religion, and presumes that everyone involved in it is a hypocrite, and out for his own gain. History does not support this view.Just to mention one example, what of the many Roman Empire martyrs who never gained a dime by being 'executed?'There will always be Judas,' but what of the many who are not? How could any religion except the true one gain monetarily by death? RQ .
That was Rhodes,not Malta.
I know.
Trying to persuade and convince, out of compassion, is one thing. What I object to is the hatred and bigotry that often accompany polemics. And in answer to your original reply (the one that landed in my email), yes I do believe in democracy. I also believe in the rights highlighted in the Declaration of Independence and specified in the U.S. Constitution. A democracy limited by those rights, rights even a majority cannot violate, is the best form of government this world has ever seen, or ever will see.
Mr. Davies seems to have lifted the greater mass of his presentation completely from the excellent book by Ernle Bradford.Less enthusiasm,more work perhaps.
Muslim infidels he just said.So Christians used this term infidels?
The ottomans were fighting under several disadvantages. They were a thousand miles from Constantinople, Malta is a bare, infertile island which could not support the local population let alone a large army, The Ottomans had a deadline before Winter set in. The besieged were fighting from behind bastions which would have reduced the Turkish numerical superiority greatly hence the huge number of casualties. Sicily was just 60 miles away and the Turks were constantly worried about a Christian relief. The Turks' biggest mistake and which cost them the siege was their failure to blockade St. Elmo. it is inconcievable how they could have made such a blunder. The fort was continuously resupplied with fresh soldiers and ammunition and food from fort St.Angelo across the harbour. this cost the Turks thousands of troops until Dragut built a battery which stopped all reinforcements. that was the death knell for the fort but by then the ottomans had lost too many men.
I love history
My parents are maltese
Too bad he could not resist babbling about side issues, that have no relevance to the siege.
sorry, stumbling, stuttering..
I am not a Catholic, nor even conventionally religious. But I find the narrator's enthusiasm for the slaughters he describes a little worrying. What do these massacres have to do with the teachings of Christ? "Love your enemies", anyone? "Do good to those who despitefully use you"? One of the reasons I find it impossible to join any church. No doubt believers would reply that it was for the defence of the Church - but isn't the Church supposed to live by the teachings of its Founder? A bit troubling really. And as others have commented, this lecture is taken almost verbatim from Bradford's superb account.
Medieval Christianity was a combination of Christ's teachings with the Germanic War spirit. Psalm 97:10 reminds us that we ought to HATE evil. Christianity is about peace but is also rational. These iron men and saints loved God and his Church and we were willing to give their lives in service to Him. Men like the ones described in this story no longer exist and I think it is a shame. I love what the Knights fought for and if the men on the ramparts at St. Elmo didn't have the lust for battle that they did, there would have been no West, no Christendom. Your life, your liberties wouldn't exist if Islam had won that day. So I do understand his enthusiasm.
I am also not conventionally religious just Pro-Western Civilization.
"What do these massacres have to do with the teachings of Christ? "Love your enemies", anyone?"
Jesus did not found his Church just to let his faithful stand there and be massacred until the Church no longer existed.
"Then said he (Jesus) unto them: But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip; and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword."
[Luke 22:36]
"Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword."
[Mathew 10:34]
@@bohemond1054 they not only had lust for battle but also hate. just as much as muslims had hate for christians war thrives on hate. and religions foment this hate. when christianity became the formal religion of the roman empire it turned from persecuted to persecutor and started to treat non Christians the same way it was treated by Rome. the players just changed roles.
Did you even listen that whole island populatuons where captured and enslaved?
I doubt the Turks smoked hemp before the attack...
They did.
study napoleon and the french revolution. this stuff is too old.
Napoleon?????
ptoleme D there were 2 seiges. this one and the next in 1789 via napoleon. Napoleon's had greater ramifications to our life today. In fact the Catholic church changed forever because of him. To understand Napoleon is to understand history.
@@ezrhino100 it was 1798 in fact.