Resumen del libro

The Boletín Oficial del Estado is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of The Constantinian Order of Saint George and the Angeli Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it, by Guy Stair Sainty. This is the most comprehensive history of the Order from its foundation to the present, including an examination of the conversion of Constantine, the complex relationships between Balkan dynasties, and the expansion of the Order in the late 16th and 17th centuries until its acquisition by the Farnese. The passage of the Gran Mastership from the Farnese to the Bourbons and the subsequent succession within the Bourbon family is examined in detail with many hitherto unpublished documents. The book includes more than 300 images, and the Appendix some key historic texts as well as related essays. There is a detailed bibliography and index of names.

I. The Legend

II. The Historical Origins of the Angeli family

III. The Early Documentation of the Order

IV. The Internationalisation of the Order in the Seventeenth Century

V. The Order in Spain in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

VI. The Transfer to the Farnese

VII. Challenges to the Farnese

VIII. The Balkan Crusade and the Bull Militantis Ecclesiae

IX. The Succession of the Bourbons as Grand Masters

X. The End of Charles III’s Grand Mastership

XI. The Grand Mastership of Ferdinand IV and III

XII. The Administration and Membership

XIII. The Foundation of the Parmesan Constantinian Order

XIV. Francis I and Ferdinand II, Grand Masters

XV. The Grand Masters no longer Reigning Sovereigns

XVI Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Prince in Exile

XVII. The Count of Caserta as Grand Master

XVIII. The Internationalisation of the Order in the Early Twentieth Century

XIX. The Consequences of the Rapprochement between the Holy See and Italy

XX. The Grand Mastership of Ferdinand-Pius, Duke of Calabria

XXI. The Succession to the Grand Mastership in 1960

XXII. The Grand Mastership of the Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria

XXIII. The Constantinian Order Today

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APPENDICES

Appendix I. The Grand Masters

Appendix II. Genealogical Descent of the Grand Mastership in the Angeli Family

Appendix III. Statutes and Regulations

Appendix III B. Heraldic Regulations

Appendix III C. Heraldic Manual

Appendix IV A. The Spanish Royal Inquiry 1708-11

Appendix IV B. Constantinian Commanderies

Appendix V A. Papal Approved Divine Office and Ecclesiastical Calendar

Appendix V B. Papal Approved Norms for Ecclesiastical Dress

Appendix V C. Decrees of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Appendix VI. Pragmatic Decree of 1759

Appendix VII. Opinion of the Spanish Council of State

Appendix VIII. Balkan Families

Appendix IX A. The Cantacuzene Constantinian Order

Appendix IX B. Liber Aureus Ordinii Constantiniani

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Citación Chicago
Stair Sainty, Guy. The Costantinian Order of Saint Gorge. 1ª ed. Madrid: BOE, 2018.

Citación APA
Stair Sainty, Guy (2018). The Costantinian Order of Saint Gorge. BOE.