Medieval Cyprus - a Place of Cultural Encounter

Book Cover

Contents

Preface

How to Become an Emperor: The Ascension of Isaakios Komnenos (of Cyprus) (Michael Grünbart)

Out of Focus: The Capture of the Capital

The Display of Rulership

By Grace of God – the Role of the Church

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Ernoul, Eracles and the Beginnings of Frankish Rule in Cyprus, 1191–1232 (Peter Edbury)

Peter I de Lusignan, the Crusade of 1365, and the Oriental Christians of Cyprus and the Mamluk Sultanate (K. Scott Parker)

Oriental Christian Confessions in Cyprus

Shared Space: Cyprus and the Mamluk Sultanate in the Eastern Mediterranean

King Peter I de Lusignan and the Crusade of Alexandria, 1365

The Crusade and the Oriental Christians

Conclusion: Peter I and his Oriental Christian Subjects

Bibliography

The Kingdom of Cyprus in the First Ottoman-Venetian War (1463–1479): Aspects of its Military and Political Significance (Alexander Beihammer)

Negotiating in Famagusta: Venetian-Cypriot Collaboration and Conflict Resolution

Betwixt Erzincan and Cyprus: Long-Range Warfare and Problems of Communication

Bibliography

The Bullarium Cyprium: The Ongoing Mission ... (Christopher Schabel)

Bullarium Cyprium I–II

Bullarium Cyprium III

APEX

Bibliography

Monastic Estates in the Middle Byzantine Period: Evidence from Cyprus for Local and Overseas Landowners (Tassos Papacostas)

Local owners

Overseas owners

Overview

Appendix

Glossary – Commentary

Bibliography

Sugar Mills and Sugar Production in Medieval Cyprus (Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou)

Episkopi-Serayia Sugar Mill

Kolossi Sugar Mill

Islands East and West: Commerce between Cyprus, Majorca and Sardinia in the Early Fourteenth Century (Nicholas Coureas)

The Excavations at Akrotiri-Katalymata ton Plakoton 2007–2014 (Eleni Procopiou)

The Location

Building A

Atrium

Building B

Structural Elements

Typology

Towards an Interpretation

Bibliography

Living in a Sweet Land: The Material Culture of Daily Life on Cyprus, 13th–14th Centuries (Maria Parani)

Strike a Pose: Human Representations and Gestureson Medieval Ceramics from Cyprus(ca. 13th–15th/16th Centuries) (Joanita Vroom)

Introduction

TAESP

Museum Collections

Gestures and Body Techniques

Male Depictions

Female Depictions

Couples and Others

Broader Background

Classifications

Conclusion

Bibliography

The Language of Power: Transgressing Borders in Luxury Metal Objects of the Lusignan (Ulrike Ritzerfeld)

Resting in Pieces: Gothic Architecture in Cyprus in the Long Fifteenth Century (Michalis Olympios)

Architectural Activity from the Reign of Peter II (reg. 1369/1372–1382) to the End of the Lusignan Period (1489): Some Documentary Pointers

Late Gothic Flourishes

A Deep-seated Conservatism

Building in the Age of Disaster: Conclusions and Future Prospects

Bibliography

One Island, three Capitals. Insularity and the Successive Relocations of the Capital of Cyprus from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Myrto Veikou)

Definition of Islands’ Particular Qualities within Settlement Networks during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

The Meaning of the Location and Relocation of the Islands’ Capitals within the Context of Settlement Transformation during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Conclusions

Bibliography

Acknowledgements