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Title The harbour of all this sea and realm : crusader to Venetian Famagusta / edited by Michael J.K. Walsh, Tamás Kiss, Nicholas Coureas
Edition 1st edition
Published Budapest : Department of Medieval Studies & Central European University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series CEU medievalia, 1587-6470 ; 17
CEU medievalia ; 17.
Contents Introduction / Michael J.K. Walsh, Tamás Kiss, and Nicholas S.H. Coureas -- Section one. History -- Nicosia and Famagusta during the Frankish period (1192-1474) : two capitals for one kingdom? / Philippe Trelat -- Stephen de Mezel, Bishop of Famagusta and his age (1244-1259) / Pierre-Vincent Claverie -- Refugees from Acre in Famagusta around 1300 / David Jacoby -- Apprentice artisans and craftsmen in Famagusta in the notarial deeds of Lamberto di Sambuceto and Giovanni da Rocha, 1296-1310 / Nicholas Coureas -- The mercenaries of Genoese Famagusta in the fifteenth century / Michel Balard -- Maritime trade in Famagusta during the Venetian period (1474-1571) / Benjamin Arbel -- Section two. Material culture -- Made in Cyprus? Fourteenth century Mamluk metal ware for the West : the question of provenance / Ulrike Ritzerfeld -- Crusader ideology, propaganda and the art of the Carmelite Church in fourteenth century Famagusta / Maria Paschali -- Identity markers in the art of fourteenth-century Famagusta / Michele Bacci -- Pillars and punishment : Spolia and colonial authority in Venetian Famagusta / Allan Langdale -- Harmonizing the sources : an insight into the appearance of the Saint Georgios Complex at various stages of its building history / Thomas Kaffenberger
Summary The Harbour of All This Sea and Realm offers an overview of the Lusignan, Genoese and Venetian history of the main port city of Cyprus, a Mediterranean crossroads. The essays contribute to the understanding of Famagusta's social and administrative structure, as well as the influences on its architectural, artisan, and art historical heritage from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. We read of crusader bishops from central France, metalworkers from Asia Minor, mercenaries from Genoa, refugees from Acre, and traders from Venice. The themes of the city's diasporas and cultural hybridity permeate and unify the essays in this collaborative effort. Some of the studies use archival sources to reconstruct the early stages of appearances of various buildings. Such research is of vital importance, given the threat to Famagusta's medieval and early modern heritage by its use as a military base since 1974
Analysis Architecture, Crusades, Cultural studies, Famagusta, History, Knights, Late medieval, Material culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Material culture -- Cyprus -- Famagusta -- History
Crusades.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Civilization
Crusades
Material culture
SUBJECT Famagusta (Cyprus) -- Civilization
Famagusta (Cyprus) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012002841
Cyprus -- History -- Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004006877
Cyprus -- History -- Venetian rule, 1474-1570. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004079
Subject Cyprus
Cyprus -- Famagusta
Famagusta
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Walsh, Michael J. K., 1968-
Kiss, Tamás, 1976-
Coureas, Nicholas
ISBN 9789633860649
9633860644