"About this time [A. D. 1643] the word 'malignant' was first
born (as to the common use) in England; the deduction thereof
being disputable, whether from 'malus ignis,' bad fire, or
'malum lignum,' bad fuel; but this is sure, betwixt both, the
name made a combustion all over England. It was fixed as a
note of disgrace on those of the king's party."
_T. Fuller,
Church History of Britain,
book 11, section 4 (volume 3)._
MALINES: Taken by Marlborough and the Allies (1706).
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1706-1707.
MALLUM.
MALL.
MALLBERG.
"The Franks … constituted one great army, the main body of
which was encamped round the abode of their Kyning or
commander, and the rest of which was broken up into various
detachments. … Every such detachment became ere long a
sedentary tribe, and the chief of each was accustomed, as
occasion required, to convene the mallum (that is, an assembly
of the free inhabitants) of his district, to deliberate with
him on all the affairs of his immediate locality. The Kyning
also occasionally convened an assembly of the whole of the
Frankish chiefs, to deliberate with him at the Champs de Mars
on the affairs of the whole confederacy. But neither the
mallum nor the Champs de Mars was a legislative convention.
Each of them was a council of war or an assembly of warriors."
_Sir J. Stephen,
Lectures on the History of France,
lecture 8._
"The Court was mostly held in a field or on a hill, called
'mallstatt,' or 'mallberg,' that is, the place or hill where
the 'mall' or Court assembled, and the judge set up his shield
of office, without which he might not hold Court."
_J. I. Mombert,
History of Charles the Great,
book 1, chapter 3._
ALSO IN:
_W. C. Perry,
The Franks,
chapter 10._
See, also.
PARLIAMENT OF PARIS.
MALMÖ, Armistice of.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1848 (MARCH-SEPTEMBER).
MALO-JOROSLAVETZ, Battle of.
See RUSSIA: A. D.1812 (OCTOBER-DECEMBER).
MALPLAQUET, Battle of (1709).
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1708-1709.
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MALTA: A. D. 1530-1565.
Ceded by the emperor, Charles V., to the Knights of St. John.
Their defense of the island against the Turks in the great siege.
See HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN: A. D. 1530-1565.
MALTA: A. D. 1551.
Unsuccessful attack by the Turks.
See BARBARY STATES: A. D. 1543-1560.
MALTA: A. D. 1798.
Seizure and occupation by Bonaparte.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1798 (MAY-AUGUST).
MALTA: A. D. 1800-1802.
Surrender to an English fleet.
Agreement of restoration to the Knights of St. John.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1801-1802.
MALTA: A. D. 1814.
Ceded to England.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1814 (APRIL-JUNE).
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MALTA, Knights of.
During their occupation of the island, the Knights
Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem were commonly called
Knights of Malta, as they had previously been called Knights
of Rhodes:
See HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN.
MALVASIA, Battle of (1263).
See GENOA: A. D. 1261-1299.