Minerva Publications, 2000 - 287 pages. I struggled through this with gritted teeth. Based on the rear cover Dr Cassar has a Cambridge PhD in Cultural History; one can only wonder who wrote his essays and thesis.

Minerva Publications, 2000 - 287 pages. This is the worst example.

Concise History of Malta, A book.

Biography: Carmel Cassar is Professor of Cultural History, Director of the Institute of Maltese Studies and . His books include: A Concise History of Malta.

He read for an MPhil in Social Anthropology at Cambridge and defended his PhD under the supervision of Professor Peter Burke at Cambridge in 1994. An Emblem of Maltese Peasant Resistance?

In the early seventeenth century it became customary for knights of Malta who committed crime to appeal to the tribunal of the Audentia Camera (Apostolic Chamber) in Rome.

In the early seventeenth century it became customary for knights of Malta who committed crime to appeal to the tribunal of the Audentia Camera (Apostolic Chamber) in Rome.

Cassar, Carmel (2000). A Concise History of Malta. Msida: Mireva Publications. The Maltese Cross: A Strategic History of Malta. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 30. ISBN 9780313323294. 59. ISBN 1870579526.

Malta has a long history and was first inhabited in around 5900 BC. The first inhabitants were farmers, and their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became . Cassar, Carmel (2000). The first inhabitants were farmers, and their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became uninhabitable. The islands were repopulated in around 3850 BC by a civilization which at its peak built the Megalithic Temples, which today are among the oldest surviving buildings in the world.

One could equally challenge his structural approach

One could equally challenge his structural approach. Each chapter rambles round the same topic from different directions, which might have been a valid approach were it not for the continual re-iteration of the same information, dates etc. Confusing rather than informative and difficult to follow.

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