El frustrado intento para establecer la orden de Malta en la isla de Menorca

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In 1798 the island of malta fell into french hands. this fact led the order of saint John to became wanderer through Europe, with no possessions, into a cri- sis situation and above all near to disappearing because the ideas of liberalism were antithetic to the traditional ideology of the order. at this juncture, a group of french knights requested to king Ferdinand vII, at that time the best example of radical abso- lutism in Europe, the re-establishment of the order of malta in the island of menorca in return for a rent or a sale. that idea did not take place after consultation with the council of state, however it was not until 50 years after, that the order of malta was re-established as a rome-based globally order of chivalry and as a recognized order by the Pope and most of the states.