This is a collection of sources from foreign archives concerning the Dutch commanderies of the Order of the Hospital of St John or of Malta, and their place within the Order's international organization. This book presents sources such as bulls and letters from and to the Grandmaster and the Prior of Germany; a 14th-century rent-roll of St Catherine's Convent at Utrecht; visitations and enquiries 1373-1732; and a list of pamphlets concerning the regaining of the Order's confiscated property in the Dutch Republic. All sources are given in the their original langauge - Latin, French, Italian, German or Dutch. The material is considered important for researchers because of the broad historical period and the wide variety of subjects covered.
