The Heraldic Traditions of the Knights of the Order of St. John (Balley Brandenburg) and the Church of the Order in Sonnenburg
6:30 pm 23 January 2019 The Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 0BEProfessor Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard PhD MA MSc FRHistS, University of Copenhagen
The North-German branch of the medieval Hospitallers achieved considerable autonomy in the 1300s and with the Reformation became an irregular, though recognized, Protestant “littlebrother” of the (Catholic) Order of Malta and has developed its own heraldic traditions and continue these to this day.
Chair : Robert Harrison